1 Jessica Gerchak, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Industrial Engineering, 1068 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 [email protected] 2 Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Industrial Engineering, 1048 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 [email protected] 3 Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh, School of Engineering, 323 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15...

Recent evidence demonstrates that new events are learned in the context of their relationships to existing memories. Within the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex, related memories are represented by integrated codes that connect events experienced at different times and places. Integrated codes form the basis of spatial, temporal, and conceptual maps of experience. These maps represent i...

In this paper, we present MAP2OWL, a software tool that allows the development of OWL ontologies as concept maps. MAP2OWL uses existing OWL constructs to represent conceptual maps; in this way, domain experts develop ontolologies in a graphical conceptual way, not having to be aware of syntactic matters, or issues related to interfaces that were designed for knowledge engineers. MAP2OWL facilit...

We are reporting research on collaborative knowledge building compared to individual conceptual change during a professional study unit in Laurea University of Applied Sciences. As educational research that is a design experiment, a multicase, multi-method study. We used both individual and collaborative concept mapping in the same design experiment. The theme of the design experiment was ‘Copi...

OBJECTIVE To construct a conceptual model of tobacco industry tactics to undermine tobacco control programmes for the purposes of: (1) developing measures to evaluate industry tactics, (2) improving tobacco control planning, and (3) supplementing current or future frameworks used to classify and analyse tobacco industry documents. DESIGN Web based concept mapping was conducted, including expe...

Because of advanced in word process technologies, spell checking and grammar checks have become instant. Nonetheless, checking abstract errors from any given text has received little attention from similar researches. An example for abstract error is falsehood. The detection of abstract errors on any plain text is a challenging task for computers. Two of the major challenges are the unstructure...

This paper is meant to be the beginning of a project that examines the use of abstract mathematics and the changing ontology of mapmaking in the early years of the development of computer cartography. The history of the conceptual developments that took place during this revolutionary period in the history of mapmaking is both controversial and incomplete. Much of the primary source material ha...