This paper proposes a new method for analyzing textual data. The method deals with items of textual data, where each item is described based on various viewpoints. The method acquires 2class classification models of the viewpoints by applying an inductive learning method to items with multiple viewpoints. The method infers whether the viewpoints are assigned to the new items or not by using the...

Software architecture is generally regarded as an important tool to achieve systems of higher quality. It is claimed that the foundation for a system’s quality is laid by the decisions made in the software architecture. A question that is occupying both researchers and practitioners is in which areas should decisions be made in the software architecture? We believe architectural view models pla...

Representation systems are presented for the input and output of the first or deep phase of a language generation system. Actions and viewpoints are the key factors in determining what sentence is produced; viewpoints provide a wide range of ways tO discuss actions, their states and the plans they compose. The language generator plays a key role in a two-medium conversational system for a natur...

The development of most large and complex systems necessarily involves many people each with their own perspective on the system defined by their skills, responsibilities, knowledge and expertise. This is particularly true where the system is a composite system, that is one which deploys a variety of different technologies (software, hardware, mechanical and so on). Inevitably, the different pe...