Neighborhood parks are important as spaces of residential neighborhoods where part of the daily interactions of residents take place. Hence, the study of environmental quality of the behavioral settings in which they are formed can be considered a suitable indicator to measure environmental quality with behavioral patterns. In order to intervene or adopt strategies in the design and planning of...

W ords that are more frequently used tend to be shorter in human language [1, 2] [Figure 1(a)]. The length of a word can be measured in letters or phonemes. The shortening of words with frequency can be regarded as evidence of efficient coding: by employing shorter codes for more frequent words, it is possible to increase the rate of information transmitted [3]. This tendency is the rationale b...

This paper presents a method for automatic test case and test sequence generation from behavioral patterns. A behavioral pattern represents a class of behaviors of the environment with which the software under test interacts. Behavioral patterns are provided by the human tester to complement functional testing based on random test data generation. Thus, the tester can bring all her knowledge of...

We study the behavior and emotional arousal of the participants in an experimental auction, leading to an asymmetric social dilemma involving an auctioneer and two bidders. An antisocial transfer (bribe) which is beneficial for the auctioneer (official) is paid, if promised, by the winner of the auction. Some pro-social behavior on both the auctioneers' and the bidders' sides is observed even i...

In this paper, we suggest a pattern language, a collection of related design patterns, for the development of communication protocols with an emphasis on an SDL (Specification and Description Language) implementation. The patterns are grouped in two categories: structural patterns and behavioral patterns. The structural patterns are focused on the architectural aspects of communication protocol...

Urban spaces are considered as important elements in the urban structure. These spaces are scenes in which the general activities of urban life take place and they are able to provide an opportunity for the development of innovations for the people and to act as a recreational and constructive environment in an urban collection to provide a setting while every human being would need to perceive...