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    Interactive knowledge elicitation for application dependent feature evaluation supported by conditional attributed rewriting systems

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    According to the general design theory, a design process is a cyclic activity that transfers the model of the design object from the design specification to the design solution. During this activity experts in different phases of the production process (e.g. design, manufacturing, handling, etc.) cooperate to propose, evaluate and adapt, in a stepwise manner, the model to the working environment requirements. This cooperative methodology is general in that it was proved in different fields from aerospatial, to electronic, to mechanical. However each implementation is highly application-dependent. Our approach implements the general design approach allowing the design and implementation of specific support systems, and provides tools to customize the systems with rules and strategies depending on the specific design application. In this work we stress the interaction aspects which allow users to elicit their knowledge and to customize their own design system. The customization is based on the definition of the features that are significant for the specific field. Features for different fields are represented in terms of rewriting rules of a particular kind of conditional attribute rewriting system (CARW). The central components of a prototype implementation, of the proposed interactive system, are introduced and discussed together with examples of interactive rule definitions

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    A system for form-feature-based interpretation of technical drawings

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    An approach to high-level interpretation of technical drawings is illustrated and TECNOS, a rule-based, datadriven prototype, is described. TECNOS exploits a metalinguistic level of reasoning and a lexicon of user-defined form features to translate a manually generated technical drawing into a formally defined description. The language of technical drawings and the metalanguage for applying the rules to it are denned by the same formalism that allows the use of only one interpreter to control and execute the translation process

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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