This work introduces a formal framework for the social acquisition of ontologies which are constructed dynamically from overhearing the possibly conflicting symbolic interaction o...
The World Wide Web is a potentially valuable source of information about the cognitive characteristics of cultural groups. However, attempts to use the Web in the context of cultur...
Paul R. Smart, Winston R. Sieck, Nigel R. Shadbolt
Numerical possibility theory, belief function have been suggested as useful tools to represent imprecise, vague or incomplete information. They are particularly appropriate in unc...
Abstract— Research on numerical solution methods for partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) has primarily focused on discrete-state models, and these algorithms ...
The purpose of this paper is to argue that research and practice of ISD could substantially benefit from interpreting ISD as knowledge work. Two distinct areas of competence are i...