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VL
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Sketching with Conceptual Metaphors to Explain Computational Processes
To explore how people conceptualize a complex system, 232 university students were asked to sketch how a search engine works. While the sketches reveal a diverse range of visual a...
David G. Hendry
ECTEL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Self-Explaining Agents in Virtual Training
Abstract. Virtual training systems are increasingly used for the training of complex, dynamic tasks. To give trainees the opportunity to train autonomously, intelligent agents are ...
Maaike Harbers
AAMAS
2002
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
Situated Cognition and the Role of Multi-agent Models in Explaining Language Structure
Abstract. How and where are the universal features of language specified? We consider language users as situated agents acting as conduits for the cultural transmission of language...
Henry Brighton, Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith
SYNTHESE
2011
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13 years 2 months ago
How scientific models can explain
: ic models invariably involve some degree of idealization, abstraction, or fictionalization of their target system. Nonetheless, I argue that there are circumstances under which s...
Alisa Bokulich
CPM
2000
Springer
143views Combinatorics» more  CPM 2000»
13 years 11 months ago
Explaining and Controlling Ambiguity in Dynamic Programming
Abstract. Ambiguity in dynamic programming arises from two independent sources, the non-uniqueness of optimal solutions and the particular recursion scheme by which the search spac...
Robert Giegerich