One of the most important problems of database management systems for CAD applications is modeling design objects and the complex relationships among them. Design objects have versions and participate in the construction of other more complexdesign -objects. In this paper we describe the preliminary data model design of a database system for CAD applications, named " Pegasus. Our model is based...

1.0 Initial Draft minus cost and implementation plan 16/03/98 gjh 1.1 Added costs and implementation plan. Applied some suggestions from WFRD, TB, PED 29/03/98 gjh 1.2 Added Gantt chart and clarified some points.

The availability of a huge amount of information on the Web raises a set of issues concerning the research, the selection, and the representation of trustworthy sources and services. This paper describes a new research, which we have recently started and that aims at developing a platform to support users in the creation of mashup-based personalized self-service environments, where the users ca...

This paper outlines a design-based methodology for the study of mind as a part of the broad discipline of Artificial Intelligence. Within that framework some architectural requirements for human-like minds are discussed, and some preliminary suggestions made regarding mechanisms underlying motivation, emotions, and personality. A brief description is given of the `Nursemaid' or `Minder' scenari...

This paper outlines a design-based methodology for the study of mind as a part of the broad discipline of Artificial Intelligence. Within that framework some architectural requirements for human-like minds are discussed, and some preliminary suggestions made regarding mechanisms underlying motivation, emotions, and personality. A brief description is given of the ‘Nursemaid’ or ‘Minder’ scenari...

Abstract: Computers can be used as a key research tool because they allow us to do things that have been difficult or unfeasible in the past. This potential could facilitate discussion of ideas in new ways. This paper presents preliminary findings of a computational model that may contribute to extend our –presently limited – understanding of creative phenomena in design. As part of an extensiv...

This research explores the effects of physical interactions designed on the basis of motor expressions to support creative ideation in creativity support technologies. The presented research looks into the effects on creative ideation of incompatibility between motor expressions and problem situations, and appraisals of (un)pleasantness. We report the results of a preliminary study which sugges...

Snakes modular robots are good candidates for being used in Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) operations because of their flexibility, good adaptation to the terrain and small section. We propose to design and build snake robots that combine three capabilities: locomotion, climbing and grasping. The last one allows the robot to remove objects for clearing the path to the trapped people. The sense ...

Preliminary communication For mobile internet network (Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, VANET), resources allocation, transportation industry regulations and service business requirements, this paper builds a stable and efficient mobile internet topology and designs multi-radio nodes in vehicle, and then raises the virtual-force oriented ant colony optimization algorithm through primal approach topol...

This paper presents a case study of developing gamified activities in the classroom, supported by simple web-based software tools. The followed gamification approach consists of the instantiation of a generic framework for the design and implementation of gamified activities in a given context, which aims to establish the appropriate player types and gamification mechanics for that context. Suc...