Let me answer this question unequivocally. It depends. Figured out I’m a consultant yet? Actually, let me explain. It does depend. It depends on what you think patterns are. Many people have a misunderstanding of patterns, and for those people, patterns can be harmful. However, when people get past their early understanding of patterns and come to comprehend them in a richer way, patterns canno...

This research applies ideas from argumentation theory in the context of semantic wikis, aiming to provide support for structured-large scale argumentation between human agents. The implemented prototype is exemplified by modelling the MMR vaccine controversy.

We propose to automatically summarize student responses to reflection prompts and introduce a novel summarization algorithm that differs from traditional methods in several ways. First, since the linguistic units of student inputs range from single words to multiple sentences, our summaries are created from extracted phrases rather than from sentences. Second, the phrase summarization algorithm...

This paper proposes a model of meta-reflection and in-depth analysis of the knowledge creation process (KCP). The authors focus on observation of the KCP in research on creative design. The new method of meta-reflection is applied both to reflection on ‘research about design creativity’ and object of research—‘design creativity’. One result of the applied method of meta-reflection was that the ...

in this paper, the definition of meet-continuity on $l$-directedcomplete posets (for short, $l$-dcpos) is introduced. as ageneralization of meet-continuity on crisp dcpos, meet-continuity on$l$-dcpos, based on the generalized scott topology, ischaracterized. in particular, it is shown that every continuous$l$-dcpo is meet-continuous and $l$-continuous retracts ofmeet-continuous $l$-dcpos are al...

We present a case study of narrative in an interactive game environment exploring how motivating text is used to create a narrative state in the mind of the player. This state in turn lends meaning to subsequent actions. We examine a set of text blocks from the game that tell a coherent, static story over a small play area and discuss the functions that text serves and the techniques used to ac...