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Preface in RuleML2012@ECAI Challenge and Doctoral Consortium 6th International Rule Challenge
No full textThis volume collects the four selected contributions of the
RuleML2012 Doctoral Consortium and the twelve demo papers
accepted for presentation at the RuleML2012 Challenge.
The RuleML Doctoral Consortium is part of the RuleML
International Symposium on Rules, and is intended to attract Ph.D.
researchers in the area of Rules and Markup Languages, from different
backgrounds (e.g. theoretical, application, vertical domain-specific), to
encourage a constructive and fruitful interdisciplinary approach.
The 6th RuleML International Symposium on Rules
(RuleML2012@ECAI), took place on August 27th, 2012 in
Montpellier, France. The RuleML Challenge was included in the
symposium for the 6th time. The Rule Challenge is devoted to
disseminating the most advanced practical experiences with rule-based
applications, where state-of-the-art solutions and recent research
proposals meet the concrete needs of the market
An argumentation framework for merging conflicting knowledge bases
No full textEdited by Lluís Godo, Sandra Sandri ; This paper is an extended version of a conference paper: L. Amgoud, S. Kaci. An argumentation framework for merging conflicting knowledge bases: the prioritized case. in: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU’05), 2005, pp. 527–538International audienceThe problem of merging multiple sources of information is central in many information processing areas such as databases integrating problems, multiple criteria decision making, etc. To solve this problem, two kinds of approaches have been proposed. The first category of approaches merges the different bases into a unique consistent base, and the second category, such as argumentation, accepts inconsistency and copes with it. It is well known that priorities are crucial to solve conflicts. Recently, powerful approaches have been proposed to merge multiple sources information where priorities are either explicitly or implicitly associated to information [L. Cholvy, Reasoning about merging information, Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems, vol. 3, 1998, pp. 233–263; S. Konieczny, R. Pino Pérez, On the logic of merging, in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR’98), Trento, 1998, pp. 488–498; J. Lin, Integration of weighted knowledge bases, Artificial Intelligence 83 (1996) 363–378; J. Lin, A. Mendelzon, Merging databases under constraints, International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 7(1) (1998) 55–76; N. Rescher, R. Manor, On inference from inconsistent premises, Theory and Decision 1 (1970) 179–219; P.Z. Revesz, On the semantics of theory change: arbitration between old and new information, in: 12th ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Databases, 1993, pp. 71–92; S. Benferhat, D. Dubois, S. Kaci, H. Prade, Possibilistic merging and distance-based fusion of propositional information, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 34(1–3) (2002) 217–252; S. Benferhat, D. Dubois, H. Prade, M. Williams, A practical approach to fusing and revising prioritized belief bases, in: Proceedings of the 9th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA’99), 1999, pp. 222–236; S. Kaci, Connaissances et Préférences: Représentation et fusion en logique possibiliste, Thèse de doctorat, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 2002]. In this paper, we present an argumentation framework for solving conflicts which could be applied to conflicts arising between agents in a multi-agent system. We suppose that each agent is represented by a knowledge base and that the different agents are conflicting. We show that the argumentation framework retrieves the results of the merging approaches. Moreover, an argumentation-based approach palliates the limits, due to the drowning problem, of the merging operator when information is pervaded with explicit priorities
sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548231219809 – Supplemental material for Incremental Validity of MMPI-3 and NEO PI-3 Scores in Public Safety Candidate Pre-employment Psychological Evaluations
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cjb-10.1177_00938548231219809 for Incremental Validity of MMPI-3 and NEO PI-3 Scores in Public Safety Candidate Pre-employment Psychological Evaluations by Megan R. Whitman, Kaci Holmes, Laura SUE ELIAS, Bruce M. Cappo and Yossef S. Ben-porath in Criminal Justice and Behavior</p
Waste and virgin LDPE/PET blends compatibilzed with an ethylene-buthyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate (EBAGMA) terpolymer, 1: morphology and mechanical properties
No full textThis work is aimed at studying the morphology and the mechanical properties of blends of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) (10, 20, and 30 wt.-% of PET), obtained as both virgin polymers and urban plastic waste, and the effect of a terpolymer of ethylene-butyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate (EBAGMA) as a compatibilizer. LDPE and PET are blended in a single screw extruder twice; the first extrusion to homogenize the two components, and the second to improve the compatibilization degree when the EBAGMA terpolymer is applied. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis shows that the fractured surface of both the virgin polymer and the waste binary blends is characterized by a gross phase segregation morphology that leads to the formation of large PET aggregates (10–50 μm). Furthermore, a sharp decrease in the elongation at break and impact strength is observed, which denotes the brittleness of the binary blends. The addition of the EBAGMA terpolymer to the binary LDPE/PET blends reduces the size of the PET inclusions to 1–5 μm with a finer dispersion, as a result of an improvement of the interfacial adhesion strength between LDPE and PET. Consequently, increases of the tensile properties and impact strength are observed
Assessing Kosovo's horticultural potential: the market for fruit and vegetables on the Balkans
No full textKosovo had been a net exporter - at least of some - fruit and vegetables in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before the civil war. Current reconstruction efforts therefore focus on restoring the past horticultural potential of the now independent province. This paper analyses the competitiveness of the Kosovar fruit and vegetable sector. By calculating average net trade flows during 1996-2000 for more than 20 individual fruit and vegetables and seven aggregates, demand potentials for the Balkan regional market are identified for potatoes, lettuce, garlic, dried beans and pears. In addition, average export unit values are calculated as price proxies in order to assess export price competitiveness in the region. While demand potentials for locally produced fruit and vegetables clearly exist, the paper concludes that the overall competitive position of Kosovo's horticultural sector seems rather weak at the moment. -- G E R M A N V E R S I O N: Vor dem Bürgerkrieg in der ehemaligen Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien war der Kosovo ein Netto-Exporteur von - zumindest einigen - Obst- und Gemüsesorten.Aus diesem Grund kon-zentrieren sich die gegenwärtigen Wiederaufbaubemühungen auf die Wiederherstellung des damaligen gartenbaulichen Potenzials der nun unabhängigen Provinz. Dieses Discussion Paper analysiert die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Obst- und Gemüsesektors des Kosovo. Durch die Be-rechnung von 5-Jahres-Durchschnitts-Nettohandelsströmen (1996-2000) von mehr als 20 verschiedenen Obst- und Gemüsesorten und sieben Aggregaten werden Nachfragepotenziale in der Balkanregion für Kartoffeln, Blattsalat, Knoblauch, getrocknete Bohnen und Birnen identifiziert. Darüber hinaus werden durchschnittliche Exporteinheitswerte (Unit Values) als Preisindikatoren berechnet, um die Exportpreis-Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in der Region zu bewerten. Obwohl Nachfragepotenziale nach heimischen Obst- und Gemüseprodukten tat-sächlich nachgewiesen werden können, zeigt die Schlussbetrachtung der vorliegenden Arbeit, dass die Gesamtwettbewerbsfähigkeit des Gartenbausektors im Kosovo gegenwärtig als eher schwach zu beurteilen ist.Kosovo,Balkans,horticulture,market analysis,export potential,agriculture in international trade,agricultur and natural resource economies,aggregate supply and demand analysis,price Kosovo,Balkan,Marktanalyse,Nachfragepotential,Internationaler Agrarhandel,Agrar- und Ressourcenökonomie,Analysen des aggregierten Angebots und der aggegrierten Nachfrage,Preise
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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