In this article we explore the aspect of the F ring with respect to the antialignment configuration between the ring and Prometheus. We focus our attention on the shape of the F ring’s azimuthal channels which were first reported by Porco et al. (2005) and numerically explored by Murray et al. (2005), who found excellent agreement between Cassini’s ISS reprojected images and their numerical mod...

The Promethean Dilemma claims to challenge the current wisdom on third-party statebuilding. It contends that contemporary policy-makers and scholars mistakenly identify the early transfer of coercive capacity to local forces as the key to successful state-building. In doing so, they risk not just creating armed forces that may turn against them, but undermining long-term stability in those stat...

The liver has a peculiar and fascinating ability: it is able to regenerate itself after loss of parenchyma for surgical resection or injuries caused by drugs, toxins or acute viral diseases. The ancient myth of Prometheus highlighted this capability: the Titan Prometheus was bound for ever to a rock as punishment by Zeus for his theft of the fire; each day a great eagle ate his liver and each n...

In Pullan & al. (2000) we presented the Prometheus Taxonomic Model. Here we discuss the issues that arose while implementing this model in relation to the main database models and query languages currently available. The Prometheus model and its query language were constructed through examination of the processes by which taxonomists build classifications; that is, the conceptualisation of taxo...

This paper describes how the Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is used to support the Prometheus methodology for designing agent systems. This is done by using an exemplar system that has been used previously in the literature, and is briefly described earlier in this volume. This paper presents the development of a design for this system using PDT. By using different tools and methodologies to desi...

In this work, we show how AUML protocol specifications in the Prometheus methodology can be automatically propagated to the detailed design of the methodology by creating appropriate artefacts. The approach is general to all design methodologies that follow the BDI model of agents.

The software package Prometheus is Canada’s only operational wildfire growth modelling simulator. The program calculates accurate, fast, multi-day forecasts of moving fire fronts and is currently used in fire fighting situations, in fire risk analysis and in the design of “fire-safe” communities and forests. At the core of Prometheus is an algorithm that calculates the evolution of the fire fro...