A project’s elaboration profile consists of a set of ratios called elaboration factors that quantify the step-wise expansion of a project’s requirements from very high-level business objectives to very low-level source lines of code. Knowledge of a project’s elaboration profile can be extremely useful in deriving an early estimate of its size. The real challenge, however, is to predict the elab...

Intelligent problem solving systems must be able to express their results in a coherent and flexible manner. One way this can be done is by eztemporaneous elaboration, the method of language production that underlies more skilled tasks such as explanation. This paper outlines a computational model for extemporaneous elaboration that is implemented in a computer model called Extemper, shows exam...

Introduction A key component of any reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm is the underlying representation used by the agent for learning (e.g. the parameterization of its function approximator). Transfer learning tasks typically look at speeding up a target task after learning in a source task. This paper considers a different, but related, question: is it possible, and desirable, for agents t...

Classification permeates us: our being and our world. This paper seeks to extend the information systems literature on classification by suggesting classification as a quest, involving man, in a process comprised of both finding and producing truth. Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s etymological enquiry, classification is reinterpreted as a dynamic movement towards order. The essence of technology ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an approach to developing word lists centred on etymological roots would improve the spelling performance of older primary school students. Participants were 46 students in the last year of primary school in south-east Queensland (31 girls and 15 boys) across three classes, with two classes being assigned to control conditions. Students were ...

Ventilator associated pneumonia currently in vogue seems to have some pitfalls as far as the nomenclature is concerned and thus it imparts an erroneous impression to the reader. As the driving force is in fact the ventilator, the phraseology should preferably be changed to ventilator induced pneumonia to convey the in depth meaning of the term thus evading the terminology currently in practice....

Diseases which involve the oral cavity usually derive their names from either Greek or Latin. These terms are customarily based on etiology or description of the lesion [1]. However, there are many eponyms as well. Some of these names are misnomers. The misnomers encountered in oral pathology may arise from lack of understanding of underlying etiology, pathogenesis, histopathology, and/or conce...

BACKGROUND The perception and use of plants correspond with common plant names. The study of plant names may give insight into historical and recent use of plants. METHODS Plant names in dictionaries and folklore have been evaluated. A etymological analysis of the names is provided. Onomasiological and semasiological aspects have been considered. Therefore, species named with names related to...