Dissertations / Theses: 'Universal intelligence'

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Mishra, Pallavi. "Universal artificial intelligence: evaluation and benchmarks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107604.

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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-64).
The fields of artificial intelligence has struggled since it's inception about fundamental question of what intelligence means and how to measure it. The underlying issue of defining intelligence and it's formal measure are sensitive issues in human culture, both in respect to humans and more so in respect to machines. Several attempts have been made to generalize the definition of universal intelligence and derive formal benchmark tests from such definitions. In this thesis, we will review the definition of universal intelligence and attempt to aggregate the salient features of mathematically formalized tests proposed for the same. The combined theoretical features for benchmark will then be used to analyze one promising platform - the Arcade Learning Environment (ALE) that integrates Atari 2600 games to test domain independent artificial agents. We will suggest practical ways to incorporate these features into the ALE platform to manage limitations of computing resources used to generate required environments for agents. The limitation of resources is not only a practical constraint but also a factor that should be included in defining any practically useful measure of intelligence. We learn from the exercise that defining intelligence by generalizing it is a self-defeating goal and that, intelligence is best defined with respect to the physical, time and computing resource-related constraint in which the agent operates. An agent with unlimited resources can adapt to infinite set of environments, but there can be no practical implementation of such an agent. Since physical universe itself has limited although large set of information encoded in the environment with a possibly finite set of non-repeating states, in order to be of practical use, the benchmarks tests should account for physical resources as well as physical time. This constraint related view calls for context-specific measure of intelligence rather than a cumulative total reward based measure across a defined set of environments.
by Pallavi Mishra.
S.M. in Engineering and Management

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Insa, Cabrera Javier. "Towards a Universal Test of Social Intelligence." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/66080.

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[EN] Under the view of artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent is an autonomous entity which interacts in an environment through observations and actions, trying to achieve one or more goals with the aid of several signals called rewards. The creation of intelligent agents is proliferating during the last decades, and the evaluation of their intelligence is a fundamental issue for their understanding, construction and improvement. Social intelligence is recently obtaining special attention in the creation of intelligent agents due to the current view of human intelligence as highly social. Social intelligence in natural and artificial systems is usually measured by the evaluation of associated traits or tasks that are deemed to represent some facets of social behaviour. The amalgamation of these traits or tasks is then used to configure an operative notion of social intelligence. However, this operative notion does not truly represent what social intelligence is and a definition following this principle will not be precise. Instead, in this thesis we investigate the evaluation of social intelligence in a more formal and general way, by actually considering the evaluee's interaction with other agents. In this thesis we analyse the implications of evaluating social intelligence using a test that evaluates general intelligence. For this purpose, we include other agents into an initially single-agent environment to figure out the issues that appear when evaluating an agent in the context of other agents. From this analysis we obtain useful information for the evaluation of social intelligence. From the lessons learned, we identify the components that should be considered in order to measure social intelligence, and we provide a formal and parametrised definition of social intelligence. This definition calculates an agent's social intelligence as its expected performance in a set of environments with a set of other agents arranged in teams and participating in line-ups, with rewards being re-understood appropriately. This is conceived as a tool to define social intelligence testbeds where we can generate several degrees of competitive and cooperative behaviours. We test this definition by experimentally analysing the influence of teams and agent line-ups for several multi-agent systems with variants of Q-learning agents. However, not all testbeds are appropriate for the evaluation of social intelligence. To facilitate the analysis of a social intelligence testbed, we provide some formal property models about social intelligence in order to characterise the testbed and thus assess its suitability. Finally, we use the presented properties to characterise some social games and multi-agent environments, we make a comparison between them and discuss their strengths and weaknesses in order to evaluate social intelligence.
[ES] Bajo la visión de la inteligencia artificial, un agente inteligente es una entidad autónoma la cual interactúa en un entorno a través de observaciones y acciones, tratando de lograr uno o más objetivos con la ayuda de varias señales llamadas recompensas. La creación de agentes inteligentes está proliferando durante las últimas décadas, y la evaluación de su inteligencia es un asunto fundamental para su entendimiento, construcción y mejora. Recientemente la inteligencia social está obteniendo especial atención en la creación de agentes inteligentes debido a la visión actual de la inteligencia humana como altamente social. Normalmente la inteligencia social en sistemas naturales y artificiales se mide mediante la evaluación de rasgos asociados o tareas que se consideran que representan algunas facetas del comportamiento social. La agrupación de estos rasgos o tareas se utiliza entonces para configurar una noción operacional de inteligencia social. Sin embargo, esta noción operacional no representa fielmente a la inteligencia social y no sería posible una definición siguiendo este principio. En su lugar, en esta tesis investigamos la evaluación de la inteligencia social de un modo más formal y general, considerando la interacción del agente a evaluar con otros agentes. En esta tesis analizamos las implicaciones de evaluar la inteligencia social utilizando un test que evalúe la inteligencia general. Con este objetivo incluimos otros agentes en un entorno inicialmente diseñado para un único agente con el fin de averiguar qué cuestiones aparecen cuando evaluamos a un agente en un contexto con otros agentes. A partir de este análisis obtenemos información útil para la evaluación de la inteligencia social. A partir de las lecciones aprendidas identificamos los componentes que deberían considerarse al medir la inteligencia social y proporcionamos una definición formal y parametrizada de esta inteligencia social. Esta definición calcula la inteligencia social de un agente como su rendimiento esperado en un conjunto de entornos y con un conjunto de otros agentes organizados en equipos y distribuidos en alineaciones, reinterpretando apropiadamente las recompensas. Esto se concibe como una herramienta para definir bancos de prueba de inteligencia social donde podamos generar varios grados de comportamientos competitivos y cooperativos. Probamos esta definición analizando experimentalmente la influencia de los equipos y las alineaciones de agentes en varios sistemas multiagente con variantes de agentes Q-learning. Sin embargo, no todos los bancos de prueba son apropiados para la evaluación de la inteligencia social. Para facilitar el análisis de un banco de pruebas de inteligencia social, proporcionamos algunos modelos de propiedades formales sobre la inteligencia social con el objetivo de caracterizar el banco de pruebas y así valorar su idoneidad. Finalmente, usamos las propiedades presentadas para caracterizar algunos juegos sociales y entornos multiagente, hacemos una comparación entre ellos y discutimos sus puntos fuertes y débiles para ser usados en la evaluación de la inteligencia social.
[CAT] Davall la visió de la intel·ligència artificial, un agent intel·ligent és una entitat autònoma la qual interactua en un entorn a través d'observacions i accions, tractant d'aconseguir un o més objectius amb l'ajuda de diverses senyals anomenades recompenses. La creació d'agents intel·ligents està proliferant durant les últimes dècades, i l'avaluació de la seua intel·ligència és un assumpte fonamental per al seu enteniment, construcció i millora. Recentment la intel·ligència social està obtenint especial atenció en la creació d'agents intel·ligents a causa de la visió actual de la intel·ligència humana com altament social. Normalment la intel·ligència social en sistemes naturals i artificials es mesura per mitjà de l'avaluació de trets associats o tasques que es consideren que representen algunes facetes del comportament social. L'agrupació d'aquests trets o tasques s'utilitza llavors per a configurar una noció operacional d'intel·ligència social. No obstant això, aquesta noció operacional no representa fidelment a la intel·ligència social i no seria possible una definició seguint aquest principi. En el seu lloc, en aquesta tesi investiguem l'avaluació de la intel·ligència social d'una manera més formal i general, considerant la interacció de l'agent a avaluar amb altres agents. En aquesta tesi analitzem les implicacions d'avaluar la intel·ligència social utilitzant un test que avalue la intel·ligència general. Amb aquest objectiu incloem altres agents en un entorn inicialment dissenyat per a un únic agent amb la finalitat d'esbrinar quines qüestions apareixen quan avaluem un agent en un context amb altres agents. A partir d'aquesta anàlisi obtenim informació útil per a l'avaluació de la intel·ligència social. A partir de les lliçons apreses identifiquem els components que haurien de considerar-se al mesurar la intel·ligència social i proporcionem una definició formal i parametrizada d'aquesta intel·ligència social. Aquesta definició calcula la intel·ligència social d'un agent com el seu rendiment esperat en un conjunt d'entorns i amb un conjunt d'altres agents organitzats en equips i distribuïts en alineacions, reinterpretant apropiadament les recompenses. Açò es concep com una ferramenta per a definir bancs de prova d'intel·ligència social on podem generar diversos graus de comportaments competitius i cooperatius. Provem aquesta definició analitzant experimentalment la influència dels equips i les alineacions d'agents en diversos sistemes multiagent amb variants d'agents Q-learning. No obstant això, no tots els bancs de prova són apropiats per a l'avaluació de la intel·ligència social. Per a facilitar l'anàlisi d'un banc de proves d'intel·ligència social, proporcionem alguns models de propietats formals sobre la intel·ligència social amb l'objectiu de caracteritzar el banc de proves i així valorar la seua idoneïtat. Finalment, usem les propietats presentades per a caracteritzar alguns jocs socials i entorns multiagent, fem una comparació entre ells i discutim els seus punts forts i dèbils per a ser usats en l'avaluació de la intel·ligència social.
Insa Cabrera, J. (2016). Towards a Universal Test of Social Intelligence [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/66080
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Richardson, Erin. "Reliability and Validity of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test for Children with Hearing Impairments." TopSCHOLAR®, 1995. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/921.

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This researcher investigated the reliability and validity of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT) for a hearing-impaired population. The subjects consisted of 15 hearing-impaired children between the ages of five and eight who are are enrolled in special education programs for the hearing-impaired. Three week test-retest reliability coefficients were moderate to high for all subtests (.65 to .89) and high for all scales and the total score (.88 to .96). Intracorrelations support the structure of the UNIT in that subtests demonstrated high correlations with the scale they were purported to represent. Concurrent validity was assessed with the Naglieri Draw-A-Person (DAP) during the first testing session. The UNIT and the DAP demonstrated correlations within the moderate to high range (.60 to .77) between the scales and total score of the UNIT and the three drawings and the total of the DAP. Results are discussed relevant to other measures utilized with hearing-impaired populations. The most important implication is that the UNIT appears to be a promising instrument for assessing intellectual abilities in children with hearing-impairments.

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Redpath, Stuart Frederick. "Universal approximation properties of feedforward artificial neural networks." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015869.

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In this thesis we summarise several results in the literature which show the approximation capabilities of multilayer feedforward artificial neural networks. We show that multilayer feedforward artificial neural networks are capable of approximating continuous and measurable functions from Rn to R to any degree of accuracy under certain conditions. In particular making use of the Stone-Weierstrass and Hahn-Banach theorems, we show that a multilayer feedforward artificial neural network can approximate any continuous function to any degree of accuracy, by using either an arbitrary squashing function or any continuous sigmoidal function for activation. Making use of the Stone-Weirstrass Theorem again, we extend these approximation capabilities of multilayer feedforward artificial neural networks to the space of measurable functions under any probability measure.

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Růžičková, Martina. "UNIVERSAL BASIC OPRESSION." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-295731.

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Master's thesis Polyamory Design Unit (PDU) explores the possibilities of collaboration between experts being active in fine arts, product design, graphic design, architecture and philosophy in order to create a speculative future scenario. Together with Jana Trundova, Simon Barak, Ondrej Mohyla and Lukas Likavcan, I create the concept and the presentation structure for a housing complex, which is designed for polyamoric coexistence of human and non-human entities. Such a coexistence is made possible by full automation of work and global implementation of universal basic income. These initial parameters constitute a big emancipatory potential, that could change present meaning of the concept of polyamory and thus redefine networks of relations in bigger scales too.

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Pendley, Julia. "Test-Relief Reliability of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test with Children Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." TopSCHOLAR®, 2002. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/627.

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The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (Bracken & McCallum, 1998 [UNIT]) is a relatively new intelligence test that is administered in an entirely nonverbal way. Research supports the use of this test with special populations such as those with learning disabilities, those who are intellectually gifted, as well as with those who have speech/language impairments (Bracken & McCallum, 1998). One population not accounted for in the test's standardization sample are children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study investigates the test-retest reliability of the UNIT with children diagnosed with ADHD. Another main focus of this study involves determining the appropriateness of utilizing a test interpretation method, known as ipsative analysis, with the UNIT and children with ADHD. The results of this study support the notion that the UNIT is a reliable test to use with children diagnosed with ADHD. Obtained test-retest correlation coefficients are very similar to those found in standardization sample studies. The results of this study do not support the use of ipsative analysis of the UNIT involving children with ADHD.

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Harlacher, Jason E. "Social and emotional learning as a universal level of support : evaluating the follow-up effect of Strong Kids on social and emotional outcomes /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10225.

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Kanumury, Rajesh. "Integrating business and engineering processes in manufacturing environment using AI concepts." Ohio : Ohio University, 1995. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1179423333.

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Santoni, Williams Alexius. "Apprentissage par mémorisation d'expériences dans la résolution des problèmes." Compiègne, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989COMPD160.

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Le travail que nous présentons est composé de deux études. La première partie porte sur les mécanismes propres à l'apprentissage en général, nous y étudions un ensemble de caractéristiques nécessaires à la mise en oeuvre des systèmes capables d'apprendre. Nous arguons que pour parvenir à ce but il faut être en mesure de mémoriser ses expériences passées, suite à cela nous présentons une recompilation et caractérisation des recherches sur l'apprentissage dans le domaine de l'intelligence artificielle. La deuxième partie concerne la mise en oeuvre d'un système qui apprend des comportements procéduraux par mémorisation des expériences dans la résolution des problèmes. Nous utilisons la technique du Morcellement (Rosenbloom, 1983) et de génération automatique des sous-buts (Laird, 1983). Le Morcellement étant une méthode de choix des informations pertinentes à la description d'une situation rencontrée et la génération automatique des sous-buts est une méthode générale de résolution des problèmes qui permet, entre autres, d'utiliser le Morcellement. Le résultat est un système semblable à SOAR (Laird, Rosenbloom, Newell 1986a).

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Nawar, Haytham. "A theoretical model for the design of a transcultural visual communication system in a posthuman condition." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/6757.

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This dissertation follows an interdisciplinary approach that weaves practice and theory in the disciplines of visual communication, semiotics, cultural studies, linguistics, and new media art. The research methodology is practice-based located within a historical and contemporary context that allows for artistic experimentation and new knowledge to be generated through reflected creative practice This research proposes a context within which society can develop a transcultural means of communication with the objective of gaining completely unambiguous forms of understanding. This research explores the possibility of an open source scaffold for pictorial language that fosters self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. The dissertation explores research strategies and visual practice in relationship to a proposed global use of a common system of visual semantic decoding that would allow for visual synthesis by individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds. It is proposed that a shared collective knowledge of signs, symbols, and pictographs, supported by the advancement of future communication and information systems, can lead to a visual communication system that will be universally accepted. There is a historic, on-going and collective consensus on the need for a universal language in the near-future posthuman condition. In answer to this need, this dissertation contextualises and goes on to explore a realised case study of a practice-based solution for a universal pictorial communication system. The system may at times seem ambitious and abstract, however, it aims to include all cultures of the world, seeking to establish a direction that identifies and locates cultural similarities over cultural difference. This practice-based enquiry proposes a direction that should maintain coherence, logic, and veracity in order to develop a pictographic communication system that is a valid representation of the human experience in a posthuman condition.

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Ziouani, Islam. "Commande hiérarchique optimisé pour les générateurs distribuées dans les microréseaux intelligents." Thesis, CY Cergy Paris Université, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020CYUN1083.

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Ce travail porte sur le développement d'un schéma de commande optimisé pour la gestion de la puissance générée par les générateurs distribués hétérogènes et les sources d'énergie renouvelable constituant un microrésau intelligent.Un microrésau est un système énergétique distribué associant des sources d'énergie renouvelables et des générateurs distribués, ainsi que des charges locales. Il peut échanger de l'électricité avec le réseau électrique et peut fonctionner de manière autonome.L'utilisation idéale d'un microrésau consiste à alimenter des régions ou des sites éloignés dans l'incapacité d'accéder au réseau public. En outre, les exploitants d’entreprises s’intéressent davantage à l’utilisation des microréseaux pour la production d’électricité, en raison de leur durabilité, de leur fiabilité et de leur rentabilité.Les générateurs distribués tels que les dispositifs de stockage d'énergie et les générateurs diesel sont des générations contrôlables qui peuvent ajuster leur puissance de sortie en fonction des besoins de la charge, tandis que les sources d'énergie renouvelable telles que les éoliennes et les panneaux photovoltaïques sont des générations non contrôlables qui exploitent leur puissance maximale.En ce sens, nous avons proposé une solution basée sur une approche hiérarchique composée de trois niveaux : interne, primaire et secondaire. Cette solution est capable de contrôler les générateurs distribués dans un microréseau pour alimenter les consommateurs locaux sans aucune interruption et pour échanger une puissance avec le réseau électrique tout en exploitant au maximum l’énergie renouvelables.La commande interne est responsable de la régulation de la tension de sortie de chaque générateur distribué, basée sur une commande en cascade et un contrôleur à résonance proportionnelle. La commande primaire génère la tension de référence de la commande interne dont le rôle principal est de coordonner les générateurs distribués de manière décentralisée afin de partager la demande de puissance active et de puissance réactive entre eux. La commande secondaire compense l'écart de tension par rapport aux valeurs nominales et synchronise la tension du microréseau avec le réseau principal pour une transition en douceur
This work focuses on the development of an optimized control scheme for managing the power generated by heterogeneous distributed generators (DGs) and renewable energy sources (RESs) that constituting a smart microgrid.A microgrid is a distributed energy system that gathering a combination of renewable energy sources and distributed generators, as well as local loads. It can exchange power with the utility grid, and it can operate autonomously. The ideal use of a microgrid is to supply remote regions or locations that are unable to access the public grid. Moreover, utility operators become more interested in using microgrids for producing electricity due to their sustainability, reliability, and cost-effective.The DGs such as energy storage devices and diesel generators are dispatchable generations that can adjust their output power according to the load needs, whereas, the RESs such as wind turbines and photovoltaic panels are non-dispatchable generations which are used to exploit their maximum power.In this sense, we have proposed a solution based on the hierarchical approach that consists of three levels, inner, primary and secondary. This solution is able to control DGs in a hybrid microgrid for supplying continuously the local consumers without any interruption and for exchanging a smooth power with the utility grid while exploiting the maximum power from the renewables.The inner control is responsible to regulate the output voltage of each distributed generator which is based on cascaded control and Proportional-resonant controller.The primary control generates the reference voltage of the inner control which its principal role is to coordinate the distributed generators in a decentralized manner to share the active and the reactive power demand among them.The secondary control compensates the voltage deviation toward the nominal values as well as it synchronizes the microgrid voltage with the main grid for a smooth transition

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Josefiak, Frank [Verfasser]. "Intelligente, universal adaptive Prozessmodelle für ein integriertes Innovationsmanagement am Beispiel der Logistik / Frank Josefiak." Aachen : Shaker, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1051573025/34.

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Guerra, Hernandez Alejandro. "Apprentissage d'agents rationnels BDI dans un univers multi-agents." Paris 13, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA132020.

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Cette thèse a pour objet d'étudier l'apprentissage d'agents rationnels BDI dans un univers Multi-agents. Un agent rationnel peut être défini comme une entité cognitive autonome dotée d'attitudes intentionnelles, e. G. Intentions, désirs, et croyances (BDI). Dans un premier temps, nous étudions les concepts d'agent et de la rationalité pratique permettant aux agents d'induire, à partir de ses attitudes intentionnelles, un comportement dit rationnel. Ces concepts sont formalisés en utilisant une logique BDI multi-modale, nous permettant la spécification et le développement d'une architecture BDI implantée en langage Lisp. L'architecture est opérationnelle et permet l'exécution de plusieurs agents BDI dans un univers Multi-agents ainsi que l'amélioration des capacités de raisonnement épistémologique de chaque agent, en incorporant des capacités de démonstration des théorèmes en premier ordre. Ensuite, nous étudions le problème de l'apprentissage d'agents et nous proposons une hiérarchie des situations d'apprentissage basée sur le degré de conscience qu'ont les agents relativement à la présence des autres agents dans leur univers. Nous utilisons l'induction des arbres de décision du premier ordre, pour permettre aux agents BDI d'apprendre les " raisons " pour former une intention. Ces raisons correspondent, dans notre architecture, aux conditions de déclenchement de plans de l'agent. Cette méthode d'apprentissage est incorporée dans l'architecture BDI proposée, permettant à un agent BDI d'apprendre en étant isolé à partir de sa propre expérience (premier niveau de la hiérarchie proposée) et d'apprendre en communiquant avec d'autres agents partageant son univers (deuxième niveau de notre hiérarchie), profitant ainsi des expériences des autres
The goal of this thesis is to study the issue of rational BDI learning agents, situated in a multi-agent system. A rational agent can be defined as a cognitive entity endowed with intentional attitudes, e. G. , beliefs, desires, and intentions (BDI). First, we study the concepts of agency and practical reasoning, allowing agents to induce from their intentional attitudes, a behavior identified as rational. These concepts are formalized using a multi-modal BDI logic, enabling us to specify and develop a BDI architecture implemented in Lisp. The architecture is fully operational, it allows the execution of multiple BDI agents in a multi-agent system and it improves the epistemic reasoning of each agent introducing first-order theorem proving competences. Then, we study the problem of learning in the agency context and we propose a hierarchy of learning situations based on the awareness of agents about the presence of other agents in the multi-agent system. We use the first-order induction of logical decision trees to enable our BDI agents to learn the "reasons" they have to form an intention. These reasons correspond in the architecture to the trigger conditions of the plans of the agent. This learning method is included in the architecture proposed, allowing BDI agents to learn from their own experience, as if they were isolated (first level of the hierarchy proposed), and communicating with other agents in the Multi-agent System, to profit in this way of the experience of others

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Barrett, Anthony Craig. "Hierarchical task-network planning for actions with universally-quantified conditional effects /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6954.

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Mayer, Jonna. "World Automatic (((((The Really Real Project)))))." Thesis, Konstfack, Grafisk design & illustration, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-6949.

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In a prospective post-work society, a select group of citizens participate in a cross-temporal project. As we follow along their journeys, questions arise. How does time move when it is no longer a commodity? What is design in the age of rampant robotics? How do we define creativity? What is wasted potential, and is it possible to be a failure? Most importantly, can fiction teach us anything about reality?

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Bouron, Thierry. "Structures de communication et d'organisation pour la coopération dans un univers multi-agents." Paris 6, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992PA066062.

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Les travaux de recherche qui sont présentés dans cette étude se situent dans le domaine de l'intelligence artificielle distribuée (IAD). Ces travaux montrent que l'approche multi-agents et l'étude de la coopération actuellement développées en IAD permettent de définir un modèle de programmation agent, qui, par son niveau d'abstraction et ses fondements théoriques, est approprié à la simulation et à l'expérimentation de comportements sociaux, ouvrant ainsi de nouvelles perspectives sur l'élaboration de logiciels dédiés à la simulation et à l'observation de la dynamique d'organisations sociales complexes. Deux grandes hypothèses sont développées au cours de cette étude, elles considèrent que (1) la communication et l'organisation constituent, tout au moins d'un point de vue pragmatique, deux moyens complémentaires permettant la mise en oeuvre de la coopération, et que (2) la réalisation d'un système multi-agents générique, simple, flexible et efficace permet de préciser la définition du modèle de programmation agent en amorçant une clarification, une unification et une comparaison des modèles d'agents et de leurs comportements sociaux. A partir d'une analyse des travaux théoriques sur la coopération, la communication et l'organisation, cette étude propose un modèle de communication opératoire (commas) basé sur les concepts d'actes de langage et d'engagements. Ce modèle a la particularité d'être adapté aux systèmes multi-agents. Il est utilisé pour élaborer un modèle d'agents sociaux (sam) dans lequel sont introduits différents niveaux d'organisation. Une série d'expériences est réalisée pour évaluer et comparer l'efficacité de ces différents niveaux d'organisation

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Lopes, Cardoso Jorge. "Cognition & Management : Vers un modèle ergonomique et universel de gestion des relations humaines dans le milieu du travail." Thesis, Paris 8, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA080152.

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Cette thèse élabore un modèle de management basé sur un concept selon lequel une communication optimale est mise en place dans l’entreprise, permettant aux salariés et aux cadres de se positionner collectivement en prenant en compte la mosaïque des besoins. Le modèle élaboré « revisite » le statut du salarié et donne à celui-ci la place qui lui revient en tant que maillon, coûteux certes, mais nécessaire dans la chaine de production. Une analyse sur l'évolution que le management a connu au long de son histoire, au sein des entreprises et à l'académie, ainsi que des analyses approfondies sur (1) les conséquences de la dynamique corporative actuelle, (2) l’influence de la dynamique familiale et de société sur l'individu dans l'entreprise, et (3) les modèles de communication / management envisageables. Les possibles sources de résistance à l'implémentation de ce modèle, qui prend plus en compte l'humain, sont aussi discutés. La technique du modèle suggéré est basée sur le concept de l'intelligence émotionnelle. Elle a été testée dans plusieurs organisations de différentes tailles et cultures et a eu une impression positive selon les professionnels qui ont participé à cette recherche
This thesis develops a management model based on an optimal communication betweenemployees and managers where collectively they can work towards the company's objective butwhere human concerns are taking into account in the business mosaic. The model "revisits" theemployee's current status and gives it a more empowered function. It acknowledges that whileworkers do represent a cost for companies, they, and their opinion, have to be valued as anecessary link to the business production line. This thesis includes first an analysis of theevolution of management, through history, in the corporate world and in the academy, in orderto have a better understanding of its history and actual situation and then it also analyzes ofrelevant factors that contributed of establishment of the current management state and practicessuch as (1) the current corporate dynamics and its consequences, (2) the influence of thedynamics of family and society on individuals and companies, to finally (3) elaborate possiblemanagerial and communication models that could be implemented at workplaces that wouldtake more into account human factors. The possible source of resistance to the implementationof this model is discussed. The suggested management model is structured in communicationtechnic based on the Emotional Intelligence concept. It has been tested in several organizationsof different sizes and different cultures and had a positive impression and results among theparticipants tested

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Maître, Brigitte, and Hassan Laasri. "Coopération dans un univers multi-agents basée sur le modèle du blackboard : études et réalisations." Nancy 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989NAN10022.

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Étude sur la coopération de plusieurs agents intelligents avec définition d'un mécanisme de contrôle à la fois efficace et souple pour gérer cette coopération. Énumération et évaluation des réalisations existantes suivies d'une approche implantée dans atome : outil d'aide au développement de systèmes multi agents

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Mathews, Ben. "Australian laws ascribing criminal responsibility to children: The implications of an internal critique, postmodern insights, and a deconstructive exploration." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15805/1/Benjamin_Mathews_Thesis.pdf.

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Derived from centuries-old English laws, Australian laws ascribe criminal responsibility to children according to their age and their assumed level of understanding of the rightness and wrongness of certain acts. This project first charts the creation and development of the English and Australian positions. Then, using insights from postmodernity and the idea of deconstruction, the law is critically assessed to reveal practical, theoretical and moral limits in the law's attempt to do justice. The justifiability of the current Australian legal positions is questioned by demonstrating the law's internal inconsistencies, by revealing the law's historical and philosophical preferences, and by contrasting the law's restricted ambit of inquiry with contemporary knowledge from other disciplines including developmental psychology and sociology.

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Mathews, Ben. "Australian laws ascribing criminal responsibility to children: The implications of an internal critique, postmodern insights, and a deconstructive exploration." Queensland University of Technology, 2002. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15805/.

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Derived from centuries-old English laws, Australian laws ascribe criminal responsibility to children according to their age and their assumed level of understanding of the rightness and wrongness of certain acts. This project first charts the creation and development of the English and Australian positions. Then, using insights from postmodernity and the idea of deconstruction, the law is critically assessed to reveal practical, theoretical and moral limits in the law's attempt to do justice. The justifiability of the current Australian legal positions is questioned by demonstrating the law's internal inconsistencies, by revealing the law's historical and philosophical preferences, and by contrasting the law's restricted ambit of inquiry with contemporary knowledge from other disciplines including developmental psychology and sociology.

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Galland, Stéphane. "Méthodologie et outils pour la simulation multiagent dans des univers virtuels." Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université de Franche-Comté, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00936334.

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La modélisation de la dynamique des piétons, des cyclistes et des conducteurs de véhicules est d'un grand intérêt théorique et pratique. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, la Recherche dans un large éventail de domaines tels que l'infographie, la physique, la robotique, les sciences sociales, la sécurité et les systèmes de formation a créé des simulations impliquant des individus de type hétérogènes. Deux grands types de simulation d'individus dans un univers virtuel peuvent généralement être distingués selon qu'elles cherchent à atteindre : un haut niveau de réalisme de comportement (simulation pour la sécurité ou les sciences sociales) ou une visualisation de haute qualité (productions de films, de jeux vidéos, d'outils de réalité virtuelle). Dans la première catégorie, les résultats de simulation sont généralement cohérents avec les observations réalisées sur la population réelle et peuvent servir de base à des études théoriques pour l'évaluation et la prévision du comportement des individus. Dans la seconde catégorie, les modèles de comportement ne sont pas la priorité et ne correspondent pas quantitativement au monde réel. Cependant, les individus sont des personnages en 3D entièrement animés et les utilisateurs de l'application peuvent avoir un degré élevé d'interaction avec les éléments de la simulation. Les recherches et les applications récentes tendent à unifier ces deux domaines, en particulier dans le domaine des systèmes de formation où les deux aspects sont nécessaires pour une formation efficace. Dans ce cadre, les systèmes multiagents sont utilisés pour modéliser les populations d'individus. Ils forment un paradigme prometteur pour la conception de logiciels complexes. En effet, ce paradigme propose de nouvelles stratégies pour analyser, concevoir et implémenter de tels systèmes. Les systèmes multiagents sont considérés comme des sociétés composées d'entités autonomes et indépendantes, appelées agents, qui interagissent en vue de résoudre un problème ou de réaliser collectivement une tâche. Les systèmes multiagents peuvent être considérés comme un outil viable pour la modélisation et la simulation de systèmes complexes, et notamment les systèmes de simulation d'individus dans un univers virtuel. Nous proposons un métamodèle organisationnel et holonique permettant de modéliser ces systèmes multiagents. L'approche organisationnelle permet de décomposer le système en unités comportementales appelées rôles. L'approche holonique permet de composer le système en un ensemble d'agents, eux-mêmes, pouvant être décomposés en un ensemble d'agents, et ainsi de suite. Ce métamodèle est utilisé comme la base de notre processus méthodologique, appelé ASPECS, qui guide les scientifiques et les experts d'un domaine dans la modélisation et la construction d'un modèle d'un SMA représentant un système complexe. Sur la base du métamodèle organisationnel et holonique, nous proposons des modèles d'environnement et de groupes d'individus constituant un système de grande échelle spatiale et avec une large population d'individus. Ces modèles sont utilisés pour la simulation d'individus et de foules dans des univers virtuels. L'une des particularités intéressantes de nos modèles est leur conception multiniveau. Nous proposons des modèles de décomposition hiérarchique dynamique pour l'environnement et pour la population. Durant le processus de simulation, il devient alors possible de sélectionner les niveaux permettant d'atteindre le meilleur compromis entre la qualité des résultats produits par la simulation et les performances de calculs pour obtenir ces résultats. Les modèles présentés dans ce mémoire ont été appliqués à la simulation de foule et de trafic dans le cadre de contrats de recherche dont certains sont abordés dans ce document : simulation du réseau urbain de bus de Belfort, simulation de foules dans un centre ville de Belfort, simulation du covoiturage dans les Flandres.

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Jalasutram, Srikanth. "Design of an intelligent posture guidance system for workspace seating." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41117.

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Seating is an integral part of work environment. When people are at work, they often sit in chairs for long periods of time without changing postures. This results in reduced blood circulation in the body, especially in the buttock-thigh area causing muscle fatigue, pain and discomfort. Ergonomically designed task chairs adopt a passive approach to guiding people into better postures by providing adjustability inside the chair. However most people do not adjust their chairs because they fail to sense the need for changing posture. They are left to sensing the need to change posture through guesswork or extreme discomfort. This thesis proposes a new system to address this problem by sensing static posture in a seated person with the use of electronic sensors embedded in the seat, and by providing interactive feedback to static posture via sound, light and tactile channels. The new technology is an sensing-feedback mechanism embedded in a chair, that allows people to receive postural information and make body adjustments periodically to avoid pain and discomfort caused by prolonged seating.The feedback mechanism was tested with four subjects to determine its efficacy in generating posture change through pressure relief and user feedback was gathered in order to design the final prototype.

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Di, Paola Neri Carla. "Rappresentazioni audiovisive dell'Intelligenza Artificiale. Universi finzionali come interpretazioni e anticipazioni del mondo." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022.

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A partire dall'analisi dello show televisivo Westworld, posto a confronto con altre opere cinematografiche e seriali di natura fantascientifica, il mio elaborato si propone di indagare i percorsi, paralleli e no, di produzioni audiovisive e sviluppi e derive dell'Intelligenza Artificiale. L'obiettivo s'identifica, pertanto, nella ricerca e nell'analisi di particolari aspetti filosofici, scientifici, etici e morali applicati nell'ambito della robotica e, parallelamente, nelle rappresentazioni audiovisive dell'Intelligenza Artificiale. Al fine di attuare questa indagine si è reso necessario scomporre una molteplicità di opere proprie del genere fantascientifico, la cui ambiguità intrinseca ha permesso l'individuazione e l'approfondimento degli elementi di cui sopra. In definitiva, l'obiettivo dell'elaborato si configura nella frammentazione e nella conseguente indagine di queste opere allo scopo di individuare tutti quegli elementi finzionali posti in collegamento diretto con una pluralità di discorsi circa l'Intelligenza Artificiale, al fine di dimostrare una relazione reale tra produzioni audiovisive e realtà ed ergere gli universi finzionali al di sopra del mero intrattenimento. La ricerca ha confermato la potenzialità dei media audiovisivi, i quali, svincolandosi da una struttura atta ad un ambito di natura ludica, riescono a porsi come veri e propri mezzi di assorbimento e reintepretazione della realtà.

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El, Hassar Sidi Mohamed Karim. "Conception d'un environnement de simulation intelligent. Application à la thermique du bâtiment." Phd thesis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1992. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00523185.

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Ce travail de thèse s'insère dans le cadre plus général du développement par le Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment d'un Environnement de Simulation Intelligent destiné à faciliter l'accès aux logiciels de calculs scientifiques dans le secteur Bâtiment. Il s'agit d'un programme pluriannuel de recherches dont les objectifs sont de mettre à la disposition des professionnels de nouveaux outils d'aide à la conception et d'aide à l'analyse des systèmes "Bâtiments", basés sur la simulation numérique suivant divers points de vue (thermique, acoustique, structure, etc.). Le présent travail de recherche s'articule donc avec d'autres travaux menés en parallèle sur le même thème. Dans ce contexte, les objectifs fixés sont de trois ordres : - contribuer à la définition des spécifications de l'environnement de simulation générique notamment en analysant le processus de modélisation/simulation et en proposant des solutions pour la réalisation du dialogue Homme/machine ; - réaliser une application concrète que l'on peut considérer comme une phase expérimentale de mise en oeuvre des concepts développés ; cette application est réalisée autour du logiciel de calculs thermiques TRNSYS ; - définir, pour de tels environnements, les possibilités d'utilisation des systèmes à bases de connaissances (buts et moyens, évaluation de la pertinence des solutions). Après une première partie consacrée aux réflexions conceptuelles générales menées sur la base d'une analyse bibliographique et aux analyses nécessaires à la réalisation de l'application, la seconde partie du travail est consacrée à l'application proprement dite ; un environnement dénommé IISIBât (Interface Intelligente pour la Simulation dans le Bâtiment) est développé suivant les concepts précédemment définis ; dans une première phase, la stratégie de développement d'une telle interface est précisée ; le processus de conception est fondé sur la mise en oeuvre séquentielle de quatre modèles : les modèles cognitif, conceptuel, structurel et perceptif. Le modèle cognitif met en évidence les tâches que l'utilisateur est amené à réaliser dans le cadre d'un outil de simulation ; le processus de modélisation/simulation est décortiqué en ses diverses étapes ; ce travail permet de définir une interface homme/machine possible (et en particulier les outils nécessaires) spécialisée pour ce type de process. Le modèle conceptuel identifie les objets génériques sur lesquels se fonde l'interface, les fonctions rattachées à ces objets, et la représentation graphique de ces objets. Le modèle structurel s'intéresse à l'implémentation proprement dite. Le modèle perceptif représente la façon dont l'utilisateur perçoit le système final ; ce modèle conduit à une analyse critique des choix effectués et à la proposition d'améliorations. Au final, l'application réalisée (IISIBât- TRNSYS) permet de juger de la pertinence des concepts développés tant du point de vue du fond que des méthodes utilisées ; ainsi, l'intérêt de l'application développée pour des utilisateurs "développeurs de modèles" ou "créateurs de projets" a pu être démontré ; par ailleurs, il s'est avéré que cette application ne possédait pas toutes les fonctionnalités nécessaires à une utilisation efficace par des utilisateurs terminaux (analystes de systèmes) ; pour combler ces manques, il faut rajouter à l'interface des mécanismes de raisonnement. La dernière partie de ce travail s'intéresse à l'introduction au sein de l'application interactive de mécanismes de raisonnement faisant appel à des bases de connaissances.

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Ovalle, Carranza Demetrio Arturo. "Contribution à l'étude du raisonnement en univers multi-agent : KIDS, une application pour l'interprétation d'images biomédicales." Grenoble 1, 1991. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00339255.

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Parmi les systèmes a base de connaissances fondes sur des techniques d'intelligence artificielle nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux systèmes de seconde génération (systèmes a schémas de raisonnement multiples) de type multi-agent. Le paradigme multi-agent est issu des approches de l'intelligence artificielle distribuée et permet de pallier les limitations rencontrées lors de la resolution de problèmes complexes. Le but de ce travail est d'analyser le raisonnement, et plus particulièrement d'aborder son étude en univers multi-agent. Il convient de préciser que celui-ci n'est pas un concept indépendant en lui-même: il est au contraire étroitement lie a d'autres problématiques telles que l'étude et la représentation des connaissances, la spécification des structures de contrôle, des protocoles de communication et d'allocation des taches ou le degré de sophistication de l'architecture interne des agents. Pour ce fait deux typologies originales, issues de l'étude approfondie de la connaissance et du raisonnement, seront proposées au long de cette thèse: l'une a caractère formelle l'autre a caractère technologique. La typologie formelle pour la classification des connaissances et du raisonnement permet une vue synthétique d'éléments souvent présentes de façon éparse et s'avère un outil d'assistance a la modélisation des connaissances et des raisonnements. La typologie technologique prend en compte les paramètres régissant les raisonnements propres a la technologie multi-agent non seulement au niveau individuel de l'agent mais aussi ceux développés au sein du groupe d'agents. Ces travaux ont contribue a la conception du système multi-agent kids (knowledge based image diagnosis system), système multi-agent dédié a l'interprétation d'images biomédicales. Ce système, par la variété des formes de connaissances et de raisonnement engages, illustre l'intérêt des typologies formelle et technologique proposées

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Teixeira, Darlene. "Informa??o utilizada nos processos decis?rios de gestores universit?rios: estudo de caso na PUC-Campinas, SP." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2005. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/785.

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It is known that the effective use of information is closely related to the quality employed for its retrieval and dissemination. Information is a organizational resource needed to identify problems as well as to solve them, and it also must be dealt with specific and measurable characteristics such as gathering, use and life circle methods, presenting different attributes in each phase. It can also be transformed into products that make easier for organizations to reach their goals. Thus, the combination of Information Technology with Communication and Information Science has great influence on the production, management and use of information within organizational processes. The main objective of this research was to identify the ways in which the university managers use the information in the decision making process and in order to achieve it a case study was carried at the PUC-Campinas with information collected from Directors of the University Academic Centres and other documental sources. The results obtained could be used to assist the university managers to analyze information when taking decisions as well to offer management alternatives by means of TI tools which can be found inside the organization itself. Among these results, it may be pointed out that although not effectively use by most of the subjects, the IC tools and scenarios analysis can be normally used by university managers if they get themselves familiar with these techniques specially on continuous monitoring in a way that can be reduced the possibility of being surprised by internal and external changes.
Sabe-se que o uso efetivo da informa??o est? intimamente ligado ? qualidade que se pode fazer para a sua articula??o, recupera??o e dissemina??o. Necess?ria tanto para ajudar a identificar problemas quanto para solucion?-los, a informa??o torna-se um recurso e como tal deve ser tratada com caracter?sticas especificadas e mensur?veis, como m?todo de coleta, uso, ciclo de vida padr?o, com diferentes atributos em cada est?gio. Pode tamb?m ser transformada em produtos que possibilitam ? organiza??o atingir seus objetivos. Sendo assim, a converg?ncia da tecnologia da informa??o, da comunica??o e da ci?ncia da informa??o afeta a cria??o, gest?o e uso da informa??o dentro dos processos organizacionais. O objetivo geral deste estudo foi identificar as informa??es utilizadas pelos gestores universit?rios nos processos decis?rios e para tal, foi realizado um estudo de caso na PUC-Campinas a partir de question?rios feitos aos Diretores dos Centros da Universidade, dentre outras t?cnicas de coleta de dados. Os resultados obtidos poder?o auxiliar os gestores universit?rios na forma de analisar as informa??es para o processo decis?rio bem como fornecer alternativas de gerenciamento das mesmas atrav?s de ferramentas de TI que podem estar dentro da pr?pria organiza??o. Dentre esses, pode-se destacar que, embora n?o efetivamente ainda utilizadas por todos os gestores, as ferramentas de intelig?ncia competitiva e an?lise de cen?rios podem perfeitamente ser utilizadas pelos gestores universit?rios desde que os mesmos se conscientizem e se familiarizem com a aplica??o das mesmas, especialmente no monitoramento cont?nuo, de forma que possa ser reduzida a probabilidade de serem surpreendidos por mudan?as internas e externas.

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Alvarenga, Julio Cesar da Silva de. "Par?metros de gest?o da informa??o do Centro Universit?rio S?o Camilo Esp?rito Santo com ?nfase na intelig?ncia competitiva." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2006. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/786.

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Due to the growing needs of organizational changes, caused mainly by the globalization and for the progress of the Information Technologies (IT), and the consequent appearance of an enormous amount of information that needs to be managed correctly by the organizations, a bibliographical study was developed, followed by the application and questionnaire analysis in the S?o Camilo - Esp?rito Santo Academical Center. The research has had as objective the institution administrative sections and it was answered by leaders and their subordinates of these sections, aiming at an analysis of the results where was possible to identify the need of adjustments in the information politics of the University, from the qualification of the responsible for managing the information until the improvement of the Information Systems. Finally, based on those needs, the study proposed suggestions, leaning for the Competitive Intelligence, of improvement of information administration of the researched institution.
Diante das necessidades crescentes de mudan?as organizacionais, causadas principalmente pela globaliza??o e pelo avan?o das Tecnologias de Informa??o (TI), e do conseq?ente surgimento de uma quantidade enorme de informa??es que precisam ser gerenciadas corretamente pelas organiza??es, foi desenvolvido um estudo bibliogr?fico, seguido da aplica??o e an?lise de question?rio no Centro Universit?rio S?o Camilo Esp?rito Santo. A pesquisa teve como alvo os setores administrativos da institui??o e foi respondida por l?deres e liderados destes setores, objetivando uma an?lise dos resultados onde foi poss?vel identificar a necessidade de ajustes na pol?tica informacional da Institui??o de Ensino Superior (IES), desde a qualifica??o dos respons?veis por gerir as informa??es at? a melhoria dos Sistemas de informa??o. Por fim, com base nessas necessidades, o estudo prop?s sugest?es, apoiadas pela Intelig?ncia Competitiva, de melhoria da gest?o da informa??o na IES pesquisada.

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Lucena, Percival Silva de. ""SemanticAgent, uma plataforma para desenvolvimento de agentes inteligentes"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55134/tde-01082003-102927/.

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Agentes inteligentes é um termo guarda-chuva que agrega diversas pesquisas no desenvolvimento de softwares autônomos que utilizam técnicas de Inteligência Artificial a fim de satisfazer metas estabelecidas por seus usuários. A construção de sistemas baseados em agentes inteligentes é uma tarefa complexa que envolve aspectos como comunicação entre agentes, planejamento, divisão de tarefas, coordenação, representação e manipulação de conhecimento e comportamentos, entre outras tarefas. Plataformas para agentes prevêem alguns serviços que permitem a desenvolvedores construir soluções sem a necessidade de se preocupar com todos detalhes da implementação. Um novo modelo para criação de agentes chamado 'agentes atômicos' é proposto com o objetivo de oferecer flexibilidade para o gerenciamento de conhecimento e implementação de comportamentos. A arquitetura Agentes Semânticos provê um framework para a implementação de tal modelo, oferecendo um conjunto de ferramentas para a criação de agentes inteligentes. Um protótipo de plataforma para agentes, baseado em tal arquitetura, foi desenvolvido em Java e permite a criação de aplicações capazes de processar linguagem natural restrita, manipular conhecimento e executar ações úteis.
Intelligent Agents is an umbrella term that aggregates different research on the development of autonomous software that uses Artificial Intelligence techniques in order to satisfy user requests. The construction of systems based on intelligent agents is a complex task that involves aspects such as agent communication, planning, work division, cooperation, epresentation and manipulation of knowledge,among other activities. Agent Platforms provide some services that allow developers to build solutions without the need of worrying about every implementation detail. A new model for creating agents, called 'atomic agents', is proposed with the goal of offering flexible knowledge management and behavior implementation for constructing software agents. The Semantic AgentArchitecture provides a framework for the implementation of such model, offering a set of tools for the creation of intelligent agents. A prototype Agent Platform, based on the architecture, was developed in Java and allows the creation of applications that are able to process restricted natural language, manipulate knowledge and execute useful actions.

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Szalay, Patrik. "Realizace terminálu pro vzdálenou vizualizaci a ovládání obytného domu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-316380.

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This diploma thesis deals with the modification of an existing device for controlling the heating system of the house. The original proposal builds on my bachelor thesis Terminal for visualization and control conditions in a house. Adjustments are based on the findings of the test operation and the deficiencies found in everyday operations. Here, the emphasis is on simple design, low acquisition cost and durability of the resulting device. Newly designed wireless units will replace the original wired sensors, as well as the control unit of the existing device based on the prototype system will be replaced with a new wireless central unit. The alphanumeric display with control buttons will remain as the control panel of this unit. The wireless central unit is connected via a serial communication interface to the visualization and control unit, which extends the offered options of the heating control system.

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Kratochvíl, Tomáš. "Dashboardy - jejich analýza a implementace v prostředí SAP Business Objects." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-197473.

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The diploma thesis is focused on dashboards analysis and distribution and theirs implementation afterwards in SAP Dashboards and Web Intelligence tools. The main goal of this thesis is an analysis of dashboards for different area of company management according to chosen of architecture solution. Another goal of diploma thesis is to take into account the principles of dashboards within the company and it deals with indicator comparison as well. The author further defines data life cycle within Business Intelligence and deals with the decomposition of particular dashboard types in theoretical part. At the end of theory, it is included an important chapter from point of view data quality, data quality process and data quality improvement and an using of SAP Best Practices and KBA as well for BI tools published by SAP. The implementation of dashboards should be back up theoretical part. Implementation is divided into 3 chapters according to selected architecture, using multisource systems, SAP Infosets/Query and using Data Warehouse or Data Mart as an architecture solution for reporting purposes. The deep implementing section should be help reader to make his own opinion to different architecture, but especially difference in used BI tools within SAP Business Objects. At the end of each section regarding architecture and its solution, there are defined pros and cons.

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Vidal, Jean-Philippe. "Assistance au calage de modèles numériques en hydraulique fluviale - Apports de l'intelligence artificielle." Phd thesis, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT, 2005. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00010185.

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Le calage d'un modèle numérique vise à reproduire des événements de référence par l'ajustement de paramètres à base physique. Cette thèse propose une approche à l'aide de Systèmes à Base de Connaissances. Après une définition des concepts clés, sont présentés un état de l'art et une analyse des différents objets, procédures et raisonnements mis en oeuvre pour mener à bien cette tâche. Ces éléments sont formalisés puis intégrés au sein d'un système d'assistance au calage, selon trois niveaux de connaissances : génériques, propres à l'hydraulique fluviale 1-D, et spécifiques au code de calcul utilisé. Deux cas réels d'application sont traités, en fonction des données disponibles et de l'objectif projeté du modèle. La thèse a permis la capitalisation d'un savoir-faire qui a conduit à un prototype opérationnel d'assistance au calage de modèles hydrauliques et au développement d'outils d'intelligence artificielle dédiés au calage et indépendants de la discipline considérée.

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Neumann, Andreas. "Introduction d'outils de l'intelligence artificielle dans la prévision de pluie par radar." Phd thesis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1991. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00520834.

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L'objectif de l'étude présentée est le développement d'un système de prévision de pluie par radar, qui est adapté aux besoins de l'hydrologie urbaine. Un système automatisé structuré, baptisé PROPHETIA, est présenté, dont le fonctionnement est basé sur l'observation des cellules de pluie. L'algorithme de PROPHETIA de prévision de pluie à partir d'une série d'images (I1 In), mesurées aux instants t1 tn, comprend quatre étapes: - identification et description des échos des cellules sur l'image actuelle In - appariement des cellules observées sur les images I1 In avec les échos sur l'image In - caractérisation des cellules dans l'intervalle (t1, tn) - prévision de pluie par extrapolation des caractéristiques dans l'avenir. Une technique de seuillage est appliquée pour l'identification des cellules. Pour leur appariement sur des images successives, une base de règles sous la forme d'un arbre de décision a été constituée par apprentissage automatique à partir d'exemples, qui ont été définis manuellement. La très bonne performance de la base de règles est mise en évidence par la comparaison avec les appariements manuels. La prévision de PROPHETIA repose dans un premier temps sur la seule caractéristique de l'advection des cellules. Les résultats de cette prévision sont analysés selon un nouveau critère hydrologique, baptisé TMP. La qualité atteinte par PROPHETIA est comparée à celle d'autres systèmes de prévision. PROPHETIA est surtout plus performant pour les pluies convectives. L'examen détaillé des erreurs de la prévision par PROPHETIA a révélé que leur origine provient de l'hypothèse d'absence de développement des cellules à l'horizon de la prévision. L'étude des facteurs influant sur le développement des cellules a mené à la proposition d'un modèle des cellules reliant le développement aux masses d'air alimentant la cellule. La localisation du développement des cellules de pluie convective de la base de données est possible et apporterait un gain de prévision si le taux de ce développement pouvait être prédit, comme cela a été démontré pour un échantillon de 12 pluies convectives. Or celui-ci dépend manifestement, comme l'étude des cycles de vie de quelques cellules l'a montré, de la possibilité de caractériser correctement les secteurs géographiques d'influence très différente sur la convection : une meilleure caractérisation de ces secteurs devrait être l'objectif qui suivrait celle-ci.

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Li, Xiaoming. "Développement d'une méthode connexionniste pour la détection et le diagnostic de défauts de systèmes de chauffage." Phd thesis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1996. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00529470.

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L'accroissement des performances des systèmes de génie climatique de ces dernières années s'est accompagné d'une complexité accrue de ceux-ci. La compréhension de leur fonctionnement ainsi que !a détection et le diagnostic de leurs défauts deviennent de plus en plus difficiles pour les équipes de maintenance. Ces dernières souhaitent donc disposer d'outil performant d'aide à la détection des défauts ou dérives de fonctionnement et, éventuellement, d'aide au diagnostic des causes de ceux-ci. Cette thèse s'intéresse au développement d'un tel outil adapté aux systèmes de chauffage collectif à eau chaude. Les défauts pour lesquels il paraissait le plus utile de développer un outil de détection et de diagnostic ont d'abord été recensés. La modélisation-simulation du fonctionnement des cinq systèmes de chauffage avec et sans défauts a permis ensuite d'obtenir une base de données destinée au développement d'un outil de détection et de diagnostic. Un prototype de détection et de diagnostic basé sur la reconnaissance des formes a été développé en utilisant, comme outil de classification, un modèle connexionniste (réseaux de neurones multi-couches). Ce prototype a été testé sur les cinq systèmes simulés. Le résultat est satisfaisant avec un taux de réussite supérieur à 90% et un risque de fausse alarme inférieur à 2% pour l'ensemble des défauts des cinq systèmes simulés. Ceci bien que seules les données provenant d'un des systèmes aient été utilisées pour la phase d'apprentissage du prototype. Cette étude permet de penser que la généralisation du prototype vers des systèmes réels devrait donner des résultats intéressants. A l'issue de ce travail les principales perspectives consistent à : - valider l'outil de détection et de diagnostic ainsi développé sur des systèmes réels, - implanter celui-ci dans des systèmes de gestion technique des bâtiments en collaborant avec des industriels, - appliquer l'approche développée dans cette thèse à d'autres systèmes de génie climatique.

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Aufrant, Lauriane. "Training parsers for low-resourced languages : improving cross-lingual transfer with monolingual knowledge." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS089/document.

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Le récent essor des algorithmes d'apprentissage automatique a rendu les méthodes de Traitement Automatique des Langues d'autant plus sensibles à leur facteur le plus limitant : la qualité des systèmes repose entièrement sur la disponibilité de grandes quantités de données, ce qui n'est pourtant le cas que d'une minorité parmi les 7.000 langues existant au monde. La stratégie dite du transfert cross-lingue permet de contourner cette limitation : une langue peu dotée en ressources (la cible) peut être traitée en exploitant les ressources disponibles dans une autre langue (la source). Les progrès accomplis sur ce plan se limitent néanmoins à des scénarios idéalisés, avec des ressources cross-lingues prédéfinies et de bonne qualité, de sorte que le transfert reste inapplicable aux cas réels de langues peu dotées, qui n'ont pas ces garanties. Cette thèse vise donc à tirer parti d'une multitude de sources et ressources cross-lingues, en opérant une combinaison sélective : il s'agit d'évaluer, pour chaque aspect du traitement cible, la pertinence de chaque ressource. L'étude est menée en utilisant l'analyse en dépendance par transition comme cadre applicatif. Le cœur de ce travail est l'élaboration d'un nouveau méta-algorithme de transfert, dont l'architecture en cascade permet la combinaison fine des diverses ressources, en ciblant leur exploitation à l'échelle du mot. L'approche cross-lingue pure n'étant en l'état pas compétitive avec la simple annotation de quelques phrases cibles, c'est avant tout la complémentarité de ces méthodes que souligne l'analyse empirique. Une série de nouvelles métriques permet une caractérisation fine des similarités cross-lingues et des spécificités syntaxiques de chaque langue, de même que de la valeur ajoutée de l'information cross-lingue par rapport au cadre monolingue. L'exploitation d'informations typologiques s'avère également particulièrement fructueuse. Ces contributions reposent largement sur des innovations techniques en analyse syntaxique, concrétisées par la publication en open source du logiciel PanParser, qui exploite et généralise la méthode dite des oracles dynamiques. Cette thèse contribue sur le plan monolingue à plusieurs autres égards, comme le concept de cascades monolingues, pouvant traiter par exemple d'abord toutes les dépendances faciles, puis seulement les difficiles
As a result of the recent blossoming of Machine Learning techniques, the Natural Language Processing field faces an increasingly thorny bottleneck: the most efficient algorithms entirely rely on the availability of large training data. These technological advances remain consequently unavailable for the 7,000 languages in the world, out of which most are low-resourced. One way to bypass this limitation is the approach of cross-lingual transfer, whereby resources available in another (source) language are leveraged to help building accurate systems in the desired (target) language. However, despite promising results in research settings, the standard transfer techniques lack the flexibility regarding cross-lingual resources needed to be fully usable in real-world scenarios: exploiting very sparse resources, or assorted arrays of resources. This limitation strongly diminishes the applicability of that approach. This thesis consequently proposes to combine multiple sources and resources for transfer, with an emphasis on selectivity: can we estimate which resource of which language is useful for which input? This strategy is put into practice in the frame of transition-based dependency parsing. To this end, a new transfer framework is designed, with a cascading architecture: it enables the desired combination, while ensuring better targeted exploitation of each resource, down to the level of the word. Empirical evaluation dampens indeed the enthusiasm for the purely cross-lingual approach -- it remains in general preferable to annotate just a few target sentences -- but also highlights its complementarity with other approaches. Several metrics are developed to characterize precisely cross-lingual similarities, syntactic idiosyncrasies, and the added value of cross-lingual information compared to monolingual training. The substantial benefits of typological knowledge are also explored. The whole study relies on a series of technical improvements regarding the parsing framework: this work includes the release of a new open source software, PanParser, which revisits the so-called dynamic oracles to extend their use cases. Several purely monolingual contributions complete this work, including an exploration of monolingual cascading, which offers promising perspectives with easy-then-hard strategies

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Berrios-Ayala, Mark. "Brave New World Reloaded: Advocating for Basic Constitutional Search Protections to Apply to Cell Phones from Eavesdropping and Tracking by Government and Corporate Entities." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1547.

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Imagine a world where someone’s personal information is constantly compromised, where federal government entities AKA Big Brother always knows what anyone is Googling, who an individual is texting, and their emoticons on Twitter. Government entities have been doing this for years; they never cared if they were breaking the law or their moral compass of human dignity. Every day the Federal government blatantly siphons data with programs from the original ECHELON to the new series like PRISM and Xkeyscore so they can keep their tabs on issues that are none of their business; namely, the personal lives of millions. Our allies are taking note; some are learning our bad habits, from Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ) mass shadowing sharing plan to America’s Russian inspiration, SORM. Some countries are following the United States’ poster child pose of a Brave New World like order of global events. Others like Germany are showing their resolve in their disdain for the rise of tyranny. Soon, these new found surveillance troubles will test the resolve of the American Constitution and its nation’s strong love and tradition of liberty. Courts are currently at work to resolve how current concepts of liberty and privacy apply to the current conditions facing the privacy of society. It remains to be determined how liberty will be affected as well; liberty for the United States of America, for the European Union, the Russian Federation and for the people of the World in regards to the extent of privacy in today’s blurred privacy expectations.
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Health and Public Affairs
Legal Studies

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Mahmud, M. M. Hassan. "Universal transfer learning /." 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3337856.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-11, Section: B, page: 6927. Adviser: Gerald F. DeJong. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-102) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

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Bliss, Stacy L. "Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test-Group Ability Test." 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/412.

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In order to determine the concurrent and predictive validity of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test- Group Ability Test (UNIT-GAT; McCallum & Bracken, in press), the UNIT-GAT and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT; Naglieri, 1997a) were administered in counter-balanced order to 93 students. In addition, 40 students were rated on the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence – Gifted Screening Scales (UNIT-GSS; McCallum & Bracken, in press). The correlation coefficient of r = .36 between the UNITGAT total raw score and the NNAT was statistically significant at the p < .01 level. The UNIT-GAT scale score correlations with the NNAT total ranged from r = .18 for the Symbolic Scale to r= .53 (p< .01) for the Nonsymbolic Scale. The UNIT-GAT total raw score correlations with the UNIT-GSS composite and scales ranged from r = -.06 between both the Emotional and Science scales to r = .19 on the Creative Scale. None of the correlations were statistically significant. The correlations between the scales of the UNIT-GAT and composites of the UNIT-GSS ranged between r= -.05 (UNIT-GAT Memory Scale and UNIT-GSS General Aptitudes Composite) to r = .20 (UNIT-GAT Reasoning Scale and UNIT-GSS General Aptitudes Composite). Correlations between the scales of the UNIT-GAT and the scales of the UNIT-GSS ranged from r = -.30 between the UNIT-GAT Memory Scale and UNIT-GSS Emotional Scale to r = .25 between the UNIT-GAT Nonsymbolic Scale and UNIT-GSS Creative Scale. Stepwise multiple regression analysis did not reveal any significant utility by the UNIT-GAT total raw score or the NNAT total raw score to predict teacher-ratings on the UNIT-GSS General Aptitude and Specific Academic Aptitude Composites. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.

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Burton, Bobbie Ann. "Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Children with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder Using the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test." 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/415.

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This study was designed to examine the utility of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT; Bracken & McCallum, 1998) for use with children who have been diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (e.g., autistic disorder, asperger’s disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified). The goal was to determine whether distinct cognitive profiles on the UNIT exist within this population and between those with and without a pervasive developmental disorder: a) Do children with a pervasive developmental disorder earn significantly lower mean scores than a demographically matched control group on the UNIT Full Scale Intelligence quotient? b) Do children with a pervasive developmental disorder earn a significantly higher mean score on the UNIT Nonsymbolic quotient versus the Symbolic quotient? c) Do children with a pervasive developmental disorder earn significantly different mean scores on the UNIT Reasoning and Memory quotients? Examiners administered the UNIT to 43 children with a pervasive developmental disorder. Data from 31 children who received raw scores of at least 1 on every subtest were used for statistical analyses. Data from an additional 31 children who participated in the UNIT standardization process were also included as the control group. The group with a pervasive developmental disorder had significantly lower scores (p<.001) on every quotient of the UNIT when compared to the control group. When the mean Full Scale Intelligence quotients were compared, the difference of approximately 22 points was significant, t(26) = 4.46, p = .000. Within the group with a pervasive developmental disorder, the mean score of the Nonsymbolic quotient was approximately 4 points higher than the Symbolic quotient; this difference was not significant, t(30) = 1.59, p > .05 (onetailed). When the Memory and Reasoning quotients were compared, the mean difference of .19 was not significant, t(30) = .068, p = .947. Based on mean difference analysis of this sample, there does not seem to be a unique cognitive profile for this population on the UNIT.

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"(Dis)ability Workshop: The Effect of Growth Mindset and Universal Design for Learning on Teacher Understanding of Disability and Intelligence." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49056.

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abstract: According to national data, there continues to be an ongoing achievement gap between students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers (USDE, n.d.b). This data is representative of a continued disparity in academic performance for students in local Arizona school districts. To address this gap, many districts have implemented inclusion models in which students with disabilities spend increasing amounts of time in general education classrooms, in some cases for the majority of or all of their school day. However, the persistence of the achievement gap suggests that general education teachers working in inclusion models may be lacking systematic instructional methods for ensuring access to the curriculum for those with disabilities and other diverse learning needs. The purpose of this action research study was to examine the impact that a series of professional development workshops had on teacher beliefs and understanding of disability, intelligence, and accessible pedagogy. The study was conducted over the course of a school semester at a kindergarten through 8th grade school in a large, semi-rural school district in southeastern Arizona. Ten teachers from a variety of grade levels and subject areas participated in the study along with a school psychologist and two school administrators. Theoretical frameworks guiding this project included critical disability theory, growth mindset, universal design for learning, and transformative learning theory. A mixed-methods action research approach was used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data in the form of surveys, interviews, and written reflections. The workshop series included five modules that began with activities fostering critical reflection of assumptions regarding disability and intelligence and ended with pedagogical strategies in the form of universal design for learning. The results indicate that the innovation was successful in reshaping participant views of disability, intelligence, and pedagogy; however, changes in classroom instruction were small. Implications for future research and practice include more extended sessions on universal design for learning and a more diverse sample of participants. Workshop sessions utilized a variety of active learning activities that were well received by participants and will be included in future professional learning plans across the district.
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Abello, Manuel Blanco. "Application of memory-based approach to multi-objective optimisation on dynamic resource-constrained project scheduling with time-varying number of tasks." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84729.

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Many, if not all, manufacturing processes in industry require scheduling activities; such activities are very important as often they determine the success or failure of some companies. For example, in wine production, grapes are planted, mature fruits are harvested, transported and crushed then the juice obtained is placed in tanks, which are managed during fermentation, and finally the wine is bottle. A schedule can be a solution to a problem which has several, possibly conflicting objectives, e.g. the mininisation of production costs and delays while meeting customer-imposed wine delivery times; the problem also has constraints, e.g. a bottling line cannot be used without being cleaned to process white wine when it last processed red wine. As can be expected, the problem has variables such as the number of wine bottles ordered. The environment (e.g. wine factory) in which the schedule is implemented may change (e.g. one bottling line breaks down) whereby this schedule becomes infeasible. Consequently, there could be a need to solve a new scheduling problem to obtain a new schedule best suited to the new state of the environment. The number of variables in this new problem may be the same as that of the previous problem. A large proportion of research effort has been directed towards scheduling problems with a constant number of variables despite changes in the environments where the problems are set. However, there are important scheduling problems where the number of variables could vary. For example, in some models of job-shop scheduling problems there are occurrences of additional rush jobs and job cancellations. This thesis deals with one particular class of scheduling problems, each being multi-objective, resource constrained, and having numbers and values of variables which vary over time. Various traditional operation research methods as well as a few Artificial Intelligence-based techniques, such as Multi-Agent Systems and Evolutionary Algorithms (EA), have been applied to solve this type of problem. In this thesis, a memory-based EA technique was applied to solve problems from the class. Being memory-based, this technique utilises the solutions to problems set in previous states of an environment in order to solve a problem set in the current state of this environment. The memory-based EA technique, referred to as Centroid-Based Adaptation with Random Immigrants (CBAR), is applicable only to solve multi-objective, resource-constrained problems with a constant number of variables. In this thesis, CBAR is extended to become applicable to solve all problems from the above-mentioned class. The result of this extension is a technique referred to as Mapping of Task IDs for CBAR (McBAR). This thesis investigates the performance, the performance stability over environmental dynamics, and the efficiency of McBAR for solving various problems from the above class, legitimises the sub-algorithms that constitute McBAR and extends McBAR to become proactive (anticipative of future environmental changes). Compared to the other techniques investigated in this thesis, results showed McBAR to have the best and most stable performance, and to be most efficient for determining solutions to problems from the above class. All of the sub-algorithms of McBAR are shown to be legitimate, while McBAR having been made proactive is shown to be beneficial in some applications.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Computer Science, 2014

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Hortmann, Charize de Oliveira. "Inteligência artificial no mercado de trabalho: prevenção de impactos e a implementação de políticas públicas." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/68908.

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Dissertação de mestrado em Direitos Humanos
As tecnologias disruptivas das quais fazem parte a Inteligencia Artificial e a Internet das Coisas são novidades capazes de alterar o tecido social como um todo. Diversos estudos preconizam que o impacto mais significativo da popularização dessas inovações será perante o mercado de trabalho. No caso, temse que as máquinas ocuparão um percentual elevado das funções hoje exercidas por humanos Por conseguinte, os reflexos dessa revolução tecnológica afetarão a qualificação profissional, os sistemas de seguridade social e a forma de arrecadação de tributos, pois essas áreas relacionam-se diretamente com o trabalho na sociedade atual. Através de pesquisa bibligráfica, a presente dissertação visa analisar as possíveis consequências do implemento das tecnologias disruptivas a partir de uma visão sociológica e holística, primando pela relativização do papel do labor e consequentemente do consumo nas sociedades atuais. A perda de protagonismo do trabalho na economia, e os efeitos disso, poderão ser algo positivo se os indivíduos receberem incentivos para que busquem ocupações benéficas para a coletividade, para o meio ambiente e para si mesmos – ainda que tal atitude resulte numa contrapartida financeira menor. Busca-se aqui o enfrentamento desses desafios por várias frentes, em especial no que concerne à implementação de políticas públicas – como seja a efetivação de um sistema de Renda Básica Universal, propostas de mudanças na arrecadação tributária, e a criação de normas e regramentos em âmbito global, uma vez que tais tecnologias não obedecem limites territoriais.
The disruptive technologies of which Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things are updates capable of altering the whole path of society. Several studies suggest that the most significant impact of popularizing these innovations will affect directly the labor market. In this case, machines will occupy a high percentage of functions now performed by humans. Therefore, the reflexes of this technological revolution will affect professional qualification, social security systems and the way taxes are collected, since these areas are directly related with jobs in today's society. Through bibliographic research and documentary analysis, this dissertation aims to analyze the possible consequences of the implementation of disruptive technologies with a sociological and holistic view, specially the relativization of the role of labor and consequently the consumption in current societies. The loss of the leading role of labor in the economy, and the effects of it, could be positive if individuals are given motivation to pursue occupations that are beneficial to the whole community, the environment and themselves, even if such attitudes imply in a less financial compensation. The purpose here is to confront these changes on several fronts, especially regarding the implementation of public policies, such as the implementation of a Universal Basic Income system, suggestions for changes in tax collection, and the creation of globally laws and regulations considering that such technologies do not obey territorial limits.

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Leike, Jan. "Nonparametric General Reinforcement Learning." Phd thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111080.

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Reinforcement learning problems are often phrased in terms of Markov decision processes (MDPs). In this thesis we go beyond MDPs and consider reinforcement learning in environments that are non-Markovian, non-ergodic and only partially observable. Our focus is not on practical algorithms, but rather on the fundamental underlying problems: How do we balance exploration and exploitation? How do we explore optimally? When is an agent optimal? We follow the nonparametric realizable paradigm: we assume the data is drawn from an unknown source that belongs to a known countable class of candidates. First, we consider the passive (sequence prediction) setting, learning from data that is not independent and identically distributed. We collect results from artificial intelligence, algorithmic information theory, and game theory and put them in a reinforcement learning context: they demonstrate how an agent can learn the value of its own policy. Next, we establish negative results on Bayesian reinforcement learning agents, in particular AIXI. We show that unlucky or adversarial choices of the prior cause the agent to misbehave drastically. Therefore Legg-Hutter intelligence and balanced Pareto optimality, which depend crucially on the choice of the prior, are entirely subjective. Moreover, in the class of all computable environments every policy is Pareto optimal. This undermines all existing optimality properties for AIXI. However, there are Bayesian approaches to general reinforcement learning that satisfy objective optimality guarantees: We prove that Thompson sampling is asymptotically optimal in stochastic environments in the sense that its value converges to the value of the optimal policy. We connect asymptotic optimality to regret given a recoverability assumption on the environment that allows the agent to recover from mistakes. Hence Thompson sampling achieves sublinear regret in these environments. AIXI is known to be incomputable. We quantify this using the arithmetical hierarchy, and establish upper and corresponding lower bounds for incomputability. Further, we show that AIXI is not limit computable, thus cannot be approximated using finite computation. However there are limit computable ε-optimal approximations to AIXI. We also derive computability bounds for knowledge-seeking agents, and give a limit computable weakly asymptotically optimal reinforcement learning agent. Finally, our results culminate in a formal solution to the grain of truth problem: A Bayesian agent acting in a multi-agent environment learns to predict the other agents' policies if its prior assigns positive probability to them (the prior contains a grain of truth). We construct a large but limit computable class containing a grain of truth and show that agents based on Thompson sampling over this class converge to play ε-Nash equilibria in arbitrary unknown computable multi-agent environments.

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Liao, Yu-Li, and 廖玉里. "The Development of Universal Hospital Web Registry Intelligent Agents." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69566646548340789412.

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Abstract According to the studies, the contents of the web sites in health care as well as the way we used those have attracted people’s attention for improvement. People are expecting not only more valuable information online, but also more intelligent behaviors of web sites. This research was to use the Microsoft .Net C# to develop the web-services-and -HL7-based universal hospital web registry intelligent agents, taking this as an example, to technically test the feasibility of developing smarter web sites. The system responded to user’s requests for hospital admission on an intelligent agent, which was developed using Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART). The system would recommend the users which doctors to see based on their symptoms and performance, and would make an appointment on behalf of patients. The system processed all information based on the HL7 standard in an XML format. The registry was then done by the system to connect to the other web-services-based registry system provided by participant hospitals. The system was run successfully and pointed the great potentials of developing more intelligent web sites. To make the results of this study to be more practical, the system would need to be capable of catching user’s preferences and providing more accurate recommendation for seeing doctors. The security issues would also need to be well taken care of to ensure the secure transmission of user’s personal health information on the web and the appropriateness of appointment scheduling. Web services appeared to be a good technique for the hospitals to provide services on the web and the HL7 could then guarantee the suitable exchange of information between hospitals. Keywords: Web Services、Intelligent Agents、HL7、Web Registry、SMART

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Patwary, M., S. K. Sharma, S. Chatzinotas, Y. Chen, M. Abdel-Maguid, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, James M. Noras, and B. Ottersten. "Universal Intelligent Small Cell for Next Generation Cellular Networks." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/10185.

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Exploring innovative cellular architectures to achieve enhanced system capacity and good coverage has become a critical issue towards realizing the next generation of wireless communications. In this context, this paper proposes a novel concept of Universal Intelligent Small Cell (UniSCell) for enabling the densification of the next generation of cellular networks. The main motivating factors behind the proposed small cell concept are the need of public infrastructure reengineering and the recent advances in several enabling technologies such as spectrum awareness, adaptive beamforming, source localization, new multiplexing schemes, etc. In this paper, first, we highlight the main concepts of the proposed small cell platform. Subsequently, we present two deployment scenarios taking into account of both technical and business aspects. Then, we describe the key future technologies for enabling the proposed UniScell Concept and present an use case example with the help of numerical results. Finally, we conclude this paper by providing some interesting future recommendations.

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Kawady, Tamer Amin Said. "Fault Location Estimation in Power Systems with Universal Intelligent Tuning." Phd thesis, 2005. http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/537/1/Kawady_thesis.pdf.

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The general aim of this thesis is to develop an accurate fault location scheme that can solve the practical problems affecting the accuracy of the existing conventional fault locators. Firstly, a thorough investigation of the performance of the well known fault location methods was performed aiming to visualize the basic characteristics of the fault location estimation procedure. As can be seen from this study, the mutual coupling among the adjacent conductors is a serious problem. Thus, it represents a serious problem affecting the accuracy of all protection equipment. Also, the effects of high impedance faults on the accuracy of all fault locators with both single and double terminal methods were emphasized. Both problems represent the basic challenges that can remarkably affect the performance of all existing fault locators. In order to eliminate the effects of both mutual coupling and fault resistance existence, a new fault location algorithm was introduced employing the modal transformation in conjunction with the apparent impedance approach. The main point of modal transformation is to transform a group of coupled equations into decoupled ones resulting in diagonalized equation matrices. In the third part, AI-based tuning was established to adapt the overall performance of the modal transformation-based algorithm to compensate the total errors that can not be eliminated conventionally. In order to realize the optimal AI tool, both ANN and FL systems were examined to perform the required mapping. With its powerful toolbox for ANN and FL systems, MATLAB was selected as the platform for developing all tuning tools. As revealed from the tests of all developed tuners, FL and ANN are considered as powerful tools for nonlinear mapping and function approximation. However, FL-based tuner has a faster training speed as well as a better accuracy from the protection viewpoint. Finally, the overall FL-based fault location tuner was introduced, which provides a complete coverage of all fault cases even those cases with high resistance values up to 1000 Ohm. The overall scheme, comprising from the modal transformation-based algorithm in conjunction with the FL-based universal tuner, was subjected to a variety of advanced test cases to evaluate its performance. These test cases included the existence of the non-linear arcs, multiple-loading (infeed) intermediate busses between the sending and the receiving ends, different ground means and partially coupled lines. In general, the proposed scheme presents a precise fault location algorithm suitable for both single and multi-circuit lines covering all fault types including permanent and transient fault cases for a wide range of the added fault resistance.

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Kawady, Tamer Amin Said [Verfasser]. "Fault location estimation in power systems with universal intelligent tuning / von Tamer Amin Said Kawady." 2005. http://d-nb.info/974086398/34.

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Ozansoy, Cagil. "Design & Implementation of a Universal Communications Processor for Substation Integration, Automation and Protection." Thesis, 2006. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/527/.

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Substation Automation (SA) is a rapidly increasing area of interest in Electrical Engineering these days embracing numerous benefits to utilities. It is clearly the most dynamic and exciting new development in the substation industry with the ultimate goal of efficiently managing operations, maintenance and capital assets with minimal human intervention [1-4]. Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs), which are Instrumentation & Control (I&C) devices built using microprocessors, are the most important elements of a SA system. An IED is primarily used as a monitoring, control, protection or data processing device with at least a single serial communication interface. Substation IED networking requires the ability to remotely control, manipulate and monitor newly connected devices through the use of an effective communication system used to link various IEDs in a substation. The existence of a wide variety of vendor specific and hardware-oriented solutions as well as different communication techniques used for the communication between devices had previously stopped utilities from achieving a fully integrated and interoperable SA system. The idea of standardising the language of communication between IEDs has evolved as the key for the advancement of connectivity and interoperability within a SA system. As a consequence, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have been developing SA standards based on Object-Oriented (OO) technologies. IEC 61850, the main topic of discussion in this thesis, is such a standard developed by the IEC Technical Committee (TC) 57. It describes how devices are to communicate in a substation as well as the related system requirements. It features support for all substation functions and their engineering with the use of OO data and service models [5]. However, it has only been abstractly modelled meaning that it focuses on describing what the OO models are indented to provide rather than how they are built. Consequently, the IEC 61850 standard can only be operational when mapped to a specific concrete application layer protocol such as the Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) or ISO/IEC 8802-3, which are the two communication services put forward by the IEC 61850 standard. The primary objective of this research is the OO implementation of the IEC 61850 standard as a concrete application layer protocol running on a middleware platform designed and implemented in a communication processor environment. In this research, the IEC 61850 implementation is founded on the C/C++ programming language development of the standard's Abstract Communication Service Interface (ACSI) Object and Service Models (OSMs) as concrete programs based on their published definitions, hence transforming the IEC 61850 standard into a solid protocol. An alternative to the present implementation practice, the mapping process as proposed in the IEC 61850 standard, is recommended where virtual representations of real devices can be modelled and implemented at the application layer of a communication processor making use of the OO implemented OSMs of the standard itself rather than using the equivalent models of another application layer protocol. Middleware is a software layer that resides between the operating system and the applications allowing multiple processes running on different machines to interact over a network. Middleware design is based on architectural issues concerned with the organisation, overall structure and communication patterns dictated by applications as well as the middleware itself [6-7]. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a new middleware architecture aimed at providing diverse communication methods to IEC 61850 related applications. The designed middleware is of the Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) category and considers the fact that communicating entities may take on different roles such as client/server or peer-to-peer, therefore allowing for different interaction modes such as synchronous invocations and asynchronous message passing. Several simulation studies are also presented in this thesis to demonstrate how IEC 61850 applications can be built at the application layer of a communication processor as well as to test and evaluate the performance of the middleware architecture implemented within the same communication processor environment. Time synchronisation, which involves synchronisation of the date and time of all devices in a network, is another key topic discussed in this thesis. Time synchronisation is crucial in time-sensitive substation applications and its importance has been clearly acknowledged by the IEC 61850 standard as a requirement. The implementation and integration of the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) and its applications into the overall communication processor architecture is another feature proposed in this thesis in order to facilitate the time synchronisation of applications designed in this research. Ultimately, the development of a gateway capability that permits for the testing and evaluation of the designed components over a real network is described. The designed and implemented "Hardware in the Loop" (HITL) capability mainly provides the necessary interface between the real Ethernet network and the simulation environment enabling two or more simulations running on separate computers to be linked together.

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Abich, Julian. "Investigating the universality and comprehensive ability of measures to assess the state of workload." Doctoral diss., 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6051.

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Measures of workload have been developed on the basis of the various definitions, some are designed to capture the multi-dimensional aspects of a unitary resource pool (Kahneman, 1973) while others are developed on the basis of multiple resource theory (Wickens, 2002). Although many theory based workload measures exist, others have often been constructed to serve the purpose of specific experimental tasks. As a result, it is likely that not every workload measure is reliable and valid for all tasks, much less each domain. To date, no single measure, systematically tested across experimental tasks, domains, and other measures is considered a universal measure of workload. Most researchers would argue that multiple measures from various categories should be applied to a given task to comprehensively assess workload. The goal for Study 1 to establish task load manipulations for two theoretically different tasks that induce distinct levels of workload assessed by both subjective and performance measures was successful. The results of the subjective responses support standardization and validation of the tasks and demands of that task for investigating workload. After investigating the use of subjective and objective measures of workload to identify a universal and comprehensive measure or set of measures, based on Study 2, it can only be concluded that not one or a set of measures exists. Arguably, it is not to say that one will never be conceived and developed, but at this time, one does not reside in the psychometric catalog. Instead, it appears that a more suitable approach is to customize a set of workload measures based on the task. The novel approach of assessing the sensitivity and comprehensive ability of conjointly utilizing subjective, performance, and physiological workload measures for theoretically different tasks within the same domain contributes to the theory by laying the foundation for improving methodology for researching workload. The applicable contribution of this project is a stepping-stone towards developing complex profiles of workload for use in closed-loop systems, such as human-robot team interaction. Identifying the best combination of workload measures enables human factors practitioners, trainers, and task designers to improve methodology and evaluation of system designs, training requirements, and personnel selection.
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Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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Ovalle, Carranza Demetro Arturo. "Contribution à l'étude du raisonnement en univers multi-agent : KIDS, une application pour l'interprétation d'images biomédicales." Phd thesis, 1991. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00339255.

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Parmi les systèmes a base de connaissances fondes sur des techniques d'intelligence artificielle nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux systèmes de seconde génération (systèmes a schémas de raisonnement multiples) de type multi-agent. Le paradigme multi-agent est issu des approches de l'intelligence artificielle distribuée et permet de pallier les limitations rencontrées lors de la resolution de problèmes complexes. Le but de ce travail est d'analyser le raisonnement, et plus particulièrement d'aborder son étude en univers multi-agent. Il convient de préciser que celui-ci n'est pas un concept indépendant en lui-même: il est au contraire étroitement lie a d'autres problématiques telles que l'étude et la représentation des connaissances, la spécification des structures de contrôle, des protocoles de communication et d'allocation des taches ou le degré de sophistication de l'architecture interne des agents. Pour ce fait deux typologies originales, issues de l'étude approfondie de la connaissance et du raisonnement, seront proposées au long de cette thèse: l'une a caractère formelle l'autre a caractère technologique. La typologie formelle pour la classification des connaissances et du raisonnement permet une vue synthétique d'éléments souvent présentes de façon éparse et s'avère un outil d'assistance a la modélisation des connaissances et des raisonnements. La typologie technologique prend en compte les paramètres régissant les raisonnements propres a la technologie multi-agent non seulement au niveau individuel de l'agent mais aussi ceux développés au sein du groupe d'agents. Ces travaux ont contribue a la conception du système multi-agent kids (knowledge based image diagnosis system), système multi-agent dédié a l'interprétation d'images biomédicales. Ce système, par la variété des formes de connaissances et de raisonnement engages, illustre l'intérêt des typologies formelle et technologique proposées

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Radechovský, Adam. "Pojetí rozumu, paměti a vůle u Petra z Letovic (z Kvodlibetu Matěje z Knína v kodexu X H 18, fol. 118a-119b - utrum cuiuslibet spiritus rationalis eadem sit substantialiter ratio, memoria et voluntas)." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-332049.

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The intention of this diploma work is based on legacy of Master Peter de Letovic which is till now unknown. He worked at Prague University before initiation of the Hussite Revolution. The thesis proceed from his question Utrum cuiuslibet spiritus rationalis eadem essentia sit substantialiter ratio memoria et voluntas which gave him Master Matthew de Knin at quodlibet in the year 1409. The principal part of the thesis deal with a critic transcription and translation of manuscript from the codex UK Praha X H 18. The author, furthermore, attempt to interpret the question in a commentary and classify it in the context of philosophical thoughts at Prague University. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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