A method to recognize agent’s intentions is presented in a framework that combines the logic of Situation Calculus and Probability Theory. The method is restricted to contexts where the agent only performs procedures in a given library of procedures, and where the system that intends to recognize the agent’s intentions has a complete knowledge of the actions performed by the agent. An original ...

Quality in its contemporary incarnation is commonly referred to as organizational excellence, enterprise excellence, business excellence, or performance excellence. While technology may serve as a key enabler of enterprise excellence, enterprise excellence itself is in large enabled by the human dimension both in terms of ideation and effort. The human dimension manifests in many ways, with peo...

The target article argues that whole groups can act as interactors in an evolutionary process. We believe that Smaldino's discussion would be advanced by a more thorough analysis of the appropriate replicators and lineages for this model. We show that cultural evolution is necessarily a separate process from cultural group selection, and we also illustrate that the two processes may influence e...

Initially, situation semantics was conceived as essentially synthetic, with a mathematical ontology built up on set theory. Soon after the appearance of [4], however, the authors changed their approach and decided to handle the topic in an analytic fashion, abstracting a mathematical ontology from analyses of natural language use. Situation theory is the name they gave to the underlying mathema...

the seljuk branch of kerman was established around 433 a.h. by the attempts of ghavord ibn choghri beig who had been sent to conquer kerman by the order of toghrol beig. he could establish a new government in the conquered land, the one which was inherited in his family up to 583 a.h. the study of this part of seljuk reign makes it clear that although there have been some discussions regarding ...

The author presents reflections from medical anthropology on the institutional culture of medicine and medical education, which sees itself as a "culture of no culture" and which systematically tends to foster static and essentialist conceptions of "culture" as applied to patients. Even though requirements designed to address cultural competence are increasingly incorporated into medical school...

When using assistive systems, the consideration of individual and cultural meaning is crucial for the utility and acceptance of technology. Orientation, communication and interaction are rooted in perception and therefore always happen in material space. We understand that a major problem lies in the difference between human and technical perception of space. Cultural policies are based on mean...

Psychological reactance occurs in response to threats posed to perceived behavioral freedoms. Research has shown that people can also experience vicarious reactance. They feel restricted in their own freedom even though they are not personally involved in the restriction but only witness the situation. The phenomenon of vicarious reactance is especially interesting when considered in a cross-cu...

As an indicator that shows the existence and the structure of a society, cultural heritage is a concept that is fundamentally based on the transmission of cultural values and objects among the generations. This feature of the concept requires effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Libraries, archives and museums are cultural institutions that efficiently use ICT in o...