Existing deep multitask learning (MTL) approaches align layers shared between tasks in a parallel ordering. Such an organization significantly constricts the types of shared structure that can be learned. The necessity of parallel ordering for deep MTL is first tested by comparing it with permuted ordering of shared layers. The results indicate that a flexible ordering can enable more effective...

This paper describes a ‘methodological experiment’ whereby some elements of Soft Systems Methodology, in particular the concept of ‘rich pictures’, have been used to support academic development work. It provides some insights into how identifying stakeholders and involving them in a collective ‘rich picture drawing’ process can be beneficial to a project of academic development. The paper also...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of soft ideal in soft set theory. The concept of soft local function is also introduced. These concepts are discussed with a view to find new soft topologies from the original one. The basic structure, especially a basis for such generated soft topologies also studied here. Finally, the notion of compatibility of soft ideals with soft topolog...

A gauge-invariant saddle point expansion for the Yang-Mills vacuum transition amplitude on the basis of the squeezed approximation to the vacuum wave functional is outlined. This framework allows the identification of gauge-invariant infrared degrees of freedom which arise as dominant sets of gauge field orbits and provide the principal input for an essentially analytical treatment of soft ampl...

Soft hadron production is described as a two-step process, where the interaction of the partonic constituents of the colliding hadrons leads to the production of intermediate subsystems (fireballs), which decay subsequently into hadrons. The weights of the various final states are derived from the corresponding phase-space factors modified by empirical transition elements. The results compare w...

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce soft μ-compact soft generalized topological spaces as a generalization of compact spaces. A soft generalized topological space (FA,μ) is soft μ-compact if every soft μ-open soft cover of FA admits a finite soft sub cover. We characterize soft μ-compact space and study their basic properties.

In this article we seek to understand and clarify the contribution of the multifaceted concept of sociality towards the design of social software systems. Our premise is that it is not software as such that is social, but the free choice of people to engage in social activities. Paraphrasing Wenger (1998): sociality cannot be designed; it can only be designed for. We adopt a soft systems approa...

Software agent is a very popular topic in computer science in the past few years. One of the promising applications of agent technology is shown in web applications. A tool for understanding, structuring, and defining agents becomes very important in order to release the power of this revolutionizing concept. This article surveys the definitions of agents and proposes an agent definition framew...

The knowledge management of genetic resources and traditional knowledge has become an urgent need since Indonesia has the second largest potential wealth of genetic resources in the world. Besides, there have been many researchers conducted related to that. However, the results of the studies are still managed by the research institutes and the researchers connected to the studies, and as the r...

This paper describes the development of a design method for designing CSCW systems. It is based on experience gained in the design of large CSCW systems characterized by a top level predefined process predefined but where the activities in each step of this process are carried out in a non predefined manner. The design method provides a systematic way of dealing with the large volumes of detail...