The configuration system CONNY permits the automated configuration of image analysis processes which includes the selection of the appropriate sequence of operators and the adaptation of the free parameters. The system uses explicitly formulated knowledge contents from a human image analysis expert coded as rules of a rule based system. In the present contribution it has been investigated if an...

We noticed that human subjects were notably faster and more accurate in concurrent counting of three location-based events while they ignored the identity of targets, compared to concurrent counting of three identity-based events while they ignored the locations. In a control experiment, subjects performed a location-based triple counting task, while now also paying attention to the target iden...

Terming a specific approach to economics agent-based may appear paradoxical. Isn’t human behavior the foundation of economics and shouldn’t all economic theory be based on agents behavior in some sense? This, at least, is what conventional economic theory has been claiming since the 1970’s. In this introduction we shall argue that agent-based computational economics (ACE) allows agents and espe...

It is becoming widely accepted that applied social simulation research is more effective if potential users and stakeholders are closely involved in model specification, design, testing and use, using the principles of participatory research. In this paper, a review of software engineering principles and accounts of the development of simulation models are used as the basis for recommendations ...

Agent-oriented methodologies and related modeling techniques have become a priority for the development of large scale agent-based systems. Several methodologies have been proposed for the development of multiagent systems (MAS). For the most part, these methodologies remain incomplete: they are either an extension of object-oriented methodologies or an extension of knowledge-based methodologie...

The General Motors Variation-Reduction Adviser (VRA) is an experience-management system currently in use in most GM assembly centers. Its purpose is to capture and communicate problem-solving events from various quality-control activities. The most important prerequisite to the success of the VRA project was having a community that was already sharing problem-solving experiences, mostly via wri...

This paper discuss about fault diagnosis (FD) techniques for dynamic systems. Case Based Reasoning (knowledge-based technique) has been applied in the Electrical Systems domain in order to diagnose the origin of voltage faults. In other hand, residual generation (analytical model-based technique) was accomplished using Dynamic Time Warping and a laboratory plant has been used to test this appro...

paper undertakes software based numerical simulations in two different traditional houses in cold-dry climate of tabriz and hot-arid climate of yazd, the eco test software chosen for bim simulations. case study on real houses instead of hypothetical models can give more tangible results and choosing traditional houses can provide a good opportunity to compare both physical and thermal condition...