This paper proposes a Distributed Vision System as an approach to solve attention control problems of autonomous robots and to realize robust information processing in a complex real world. The distributed vision system consisting of vision agents connected with a computer network supports visual behaviors of humans and robots by organizing communication of the vision agents. In addition to the...

This paper continues a train of thought begun in an earlier paper (Voros 2006) where an approach to macro-social analysis based on the idea of "nesting" social-analytical perspectives was described and demonstrated (the essence of which, for convenience, is briefly summarised here). In that paper, essential use was made of a typology of social-analytical perspectives proposed by Johan Galtung (...

As the WWW grows at an increasing rate, eeorts to make the technology more manageable are highly in demand. Applying advanced information retrieval techniques is one approach to such eeorts. Despite the potential beneet of these techniques in reducing users information overload and improving the eeectiveness access to on-line information, little research has been done on applying them to WWW en...

The classical tests of general relativity (perihelion precession, deflection of light, and the radar echo delay) are considered for the Dadhich, Maartens, Papadopoulos and Rezania (DMPR) solution of the spherically symmetric static vacuum field equations in brane world models. For this solution the metric in the vacuum exterior to a brane world star is similar to the Reissner-Nordstrom form of ...

Increasing economic integration has been one of the major forces driving the world economy's impressive growth over the last fortyfive years. Today, however, more than at any time since World War 11, the future of the world trading system is in doubt. Ironically, just as the Soviet Union, Eastern ~ u r o ~ e , and many developing countries rush to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...

Digital Reminder is a system which manages a person’s view images based on gaze detection. A real-world-oriented database that consists of one’s view is constructed by one’s implicit behavior of watching objects. Digital Reminder provides a user with WYSIWYR(what-you-see-is-what-you-retrieve-)based interaction for view image retrieval. WYSIWYR is a new framework in information retrieval. In ret...

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Journal of Futures Studies, May 2007, 11(4): 97 104 How do we conceive of the world system? For a long time, say 1950-2000, there were two clear answers based on real world divisions coinciding with the compass: the West-East, and the North-South discourses; the former based on ideology and military alliances and the latter on economic development. NATO versus WTO, the North Atlantic Treaty Org...

Wallerstein's world economic theory acts as a guide to describe the changes that led to shape the world into what it is today. It focuses specifically on the changes in Western Europe between 1450 and 1670, as this was a period of significant development. As with any other model or theory, however, Wallerstein's has its own set of strengths and weaknesses that can be demonstrated by evaluating ...