An increasing amount of work in AI in general, and case-based reasoning in particular, is addressing means of integrating different types of reasoning methods for building and maintaining AI systems. This paper first takes a step back in an attempt to identify a descriptive and comparative framework for the corresponding methods. It is argued that the knowledge level is the appropriate level fo...

This work is a first step towards the application of a Case Based Reasoning (CBR) model to support the management of Enterprise System Implementation (ESI) related organizational change processes. Those processes are characterized by the occurrences of unplanned problems and events, which may lead to major restructuring of the process. We rely on ESI theory developed by the BEST project. The pa...

BACKGROUND More than 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have introduced performance-based financing (PBF) in their healthcare systems. Yet, there has been little research on the process by which PBF was put on the national policy agenda in Africa. This study examines the policy process behind the introduction of PBF program in Cameroon. METHODS The research is an explanatory case study using ...

Each year the DoD High Performance Computing Program (HPCMP) conducts a mathematically rigorous assessment of bid systems with workload being at the cornerstone of its analysis. Workload characterization is a principal consideration in determining (1) which benchmarking codes are included in the HPCMP suite, (2) what test cases are constructed for each code (in terms of general size, since the ...

Dispositional coping styles in adulthood may be influenced by one’s experiences as a child. Japanese university students were examined in terms of their coping styles and child abuse history. Regression analyses revealed that an emotion-oriented coping style was predicted by neglect and emotional abuse during childhood.

Water flooding is a well-known secondary mechanism for improving oil recovery. Conventional approach to evaluate the performance of a water flooding process (e.g. breakthrough and post breakthrough behavior) is to establish a reliable geological reservoir model, upscale it, and then perform flow simulations. To evaluate the uncertainty in the breakthrough time or post breakthrough behavior, thi...

in this study, the authors reported a case of woman with severe compulsion who became pregnant during the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. we carried out repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and behavior therapy simultaneously after repeated medications' refraction. the patient received 20 sessions 1 hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in right dorsolateral...

Utility system operators and engineers want a better understanding of the impacts of large wind farms on grid stability before they are interconnected to the grid. Utilities need wind electrical models and methods of analysis that will help them analyze potential problems of grid stability. Without the necessary tools and knowledge of the behavior of large wind farms, utilities are reluctant to...