In our paper we present our rule-based system for semantic processing. In particular we show examples and solutions that may be challenge our approach. We then discuss problems and shortcomings of Task 2 – iSTS. We comment on the existence of a tension between the inherent need to on the one side, to make the task as much as possible “semantically feasible”. Whereas the detailed presentation an...

Maintaining and supporting the software of an organization is not an easy task, and software maintainers do not currently have access to tools to evaluate strategies for improving the specific activities of software maintenance. This article presents a web-based training approach using a knowledge-based system which helps in locating best practices in a software maintenance capability maturity ...

The work presented in this paper is part of an ongoing effort to study suitable task assignment mechanisms for decentralized MAS. Our focus is on systems that are characterized by tasks with delayed commencement. Such a task requires a preceding effort before the agent can start executing the task. An example is a robot that first has to move to the location of a task before it can start execut...

This paper describes an agent-based software architecture that intends to close the gap between hybrid systems and software agent architectures. The developed concepts and tools provide support for: task design, task planning, task execution, task coordination and task analysis for a multirobot system. Copywright © IFAC

Communicating users' needs, goals and problems help designers and developers overcome challenges faced by end users. Personas are used to represent end users’ needs. In our research, creating personas allowed the following questions to be answered: Who are the potential user groups? What do they want to achieve by using the service? What are the problems that users face? What should the service...

background: nowadays, the health work decision makers need to analyze a huge amount of data and consider many conflicting evaluation criteria and sub-criteria. therefore, an ergonomic evaluation in the work environment in order to the control occupational disorders is considered as the multi criteria decision making (mcdm) problem. in this study, the ergonomic risks factors, which may influence...

accurate estimation of reference evapotranspiration plays a key role in water resources management and irrigation scheduling. the fao penman-monteith (f-p-m) is a reference method for calculation of evapotranspiration that needs temperature, humidity, wind speed and solar radiation. in many stations, it is not an easy task to measure the whole weather variables. thus, in this situation, one mus...

English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) uses the results of needs analysis for curriculum development and materials production. ESAP courses should be based on students’ academic needs. Consequently, the present study investigated the English language needs of Iranian undergraduate students of Law. Participants included 218 undergraduate students, 33 graduate students, and 10 content teac...

Needs-based Companion Dog José María Blanco Calvo (1294148) Man-Machine Interaction Group Faculty of EEMCS Delft University of Technology September 2007 Graduation committee: Dr. drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz Ir. H.J.A.M. Geers Dr. ir. C.A.P.G. van der Mast This thesis describes a project carried out at the Man Machine Interaction research group which is part of Mediamatics at the Delft University of ...