A challenging problem for research in computational auditory scene analysis is the integration of evidence derived from multiple grouping principles. We describe a computational model which addresses this issue through the use of a `blackboard' architecture. The model integrates evidence from multiple grouping principles at several levels of abstraction, and manages competition between principl...

In this paper, we investigate how the students think of their experience in a junior (300 level) computer science course that uses blackboard as the underlying course management system. Blackboard’s discussion boards are heavily used for programming project support and to foster cooperation among students to answer their questions/concerns. A survey is conducted through blackboard as a voluntar...

Many tertiary institutions tout their implementation of e-learning technology as a way to lure prospective students, and promised implementation of e-learning strategies in college programs is crucial for securing valuable federal government grants. At the core of most e-learning strategies is the institution’s course management system (CMS). A CMS facilitates efficient course management, incre...

The classical blackboard model employs a number of relaxations of team decision theory that are commonly organized into three panels of AI heuristics, including: 1) a shared information panel that offers a capability for ensuring agent knowledge sharing, 2) a contract formalism for the agent and event scheduling, coordinating, and control panel, and 3) a blackboard panel for metalevel planning ...

2 BLACKBOARD MODEL FOR DEPENDENCY PARSING This paper presents • b lackboard-based computat ional modal f o r p a r t i n g an I n f l e c t i o n a l f r ee word order language, l i k e F i n n i s h . The s t r u c t u r e of sentences is descr ibed as p a r t i a l dependency t rees of depth one. Pars ing becomes a n o n d e t e r m l n i s t i c search problem in the f o r e s t o f p a r t ...

As timetable construction research moves beyond the limitations of single, isolated solution methods, software architectures are needed that allow the researcher to combine many different solution methods in arbitrary ways in the solution of a single problem. This paper describes a blackboard architecture, implemented as an object-oriented framework, which addresses this need. Also included is ...