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Cognitive Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

Several researchers have proposed using cognitive concepts as a semantic basis for agent communications (M.N. Huhns and M.P. Singh, 1997). One of the leading candidates for such a semantics is based on Arcol, the communication language used within Artimis. Interestingly, this application (not only of Arcol, but also in general) appears extremely misguided. The intentional concepts are well suited to designing agents, but are not suited to giving a basis to a public, standardizable view of communication. A challenge for using the cognitive concepts is that although they are natural in several respects and can guide implementations, full blown implementations …

Personal Assistants, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

Already there are simple personal agents to help with some of our shopping. There are agents to track stocks in our portfolios, advise us on how to use particular software products, and arrange meetings within corporate workgroups. However, none of these agents takes more than one aspect of our activities into account, nor do they adapt easily to our preferences. Personal assistants, on the other hand, are agents that can represent individuals on the Web. They help users in their day-to-day activities, especially those involving information retrieval, negotiation, or coordination. A personal assistant might schedule a meeting and then, based …

Workflow Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

Software agents as user agents, resource agents, and brokers may be able to enhance usefulness of workflow applications. Workflow technology is important to network computing because workflows exist naturally wherever distributed resources are interrelated. The problem with current workflow technology is that it is often too rigid. The lack of freedom accorded to human participants causes workflow management systems to appear unfriendly. As a result, they are often ignored or circumvented. This rigidity also causes productivity losses by making it harder to accommodate the flexible, ad hoc reasoning of human intelligence. Another challenge is that system requirements are rarely static. …

All Agents Are Not Created Equal, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

As the technology advances, we can expect the development of specialized agents to be used as standardized building blocks for information systems. Two trends lend credence to such a prediction. First, software systems in general are being constructed with larger components, such as ActiveX and JavaBeans, which are becoming closer to being agents themselves. They have more functionality than simple objects, respond to events autonomously, and, most importantly, respond to system builders at development time, as well as to events at runtime. Moreover, there is a move toward more cooperative information systems, in which the architecture itself plays an important …

Anthropoid Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh

Faculty Publications

In the study of agents on the Internet, we often ascribe to them human qualities, such as beliefs and intentions. These qualities are best understood as metaphors that give developers a way to talk about and design the capabilities and applications of agents. Despite all the progress in computing, users have been slow to accept the technology. They have often accepted what was thrown at them, but only under economic duress. Bringing the technology closer to their emotional needs might ease this resistance. So how can we put a human face on computing? Maybe by putting an animated face on …

Uniform Cpa Examination, 1998 Edition, Selected Questions And Unofficial Answers Indexed To Content Specification Outlines, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Examinations Team, James D. Blum

Examinations and Study

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The Interpretation Of The Remedial Provisions Of The Cisg, Evelina Wilhelmina Innocentia Visser

LLM Theses and Essays

The drafting process of the most successful international uniform law of the last decades, the 1980 United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) reflected that in order to become a set of "well-balanced subsidiary rules," international uniform must be drafted and implemented carefully. It is essential that an international uniform law is adapted to diverse cultures. The different needs and demands of the varied socio-economic systems and legal structures, perceptions, procedures, and cultures of the distinct legal systems of this world are a main and omnipresent consideration and must be capable of absorbing the unified law. Either …

Role Of Essay Questions In The Uniform Cpa Examination, American Institute Of Accountants. Board Of Examiners

Examinations and Study

No abstract provided.

Uniform Cpa Examination, 1998 Edition, Selected Questions & Unofficial Answers Supplement Indexed To Content Specification Outlines, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Board Of Examiners

Examinations and Study

No abstract provided.

Invasion Of Privacy Tort: Does The Deference Given To The Press Ignore The Family, T. Michael Wickersham

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Women's Annotated Legal Bibliography

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Deconstructing Caputo's Demythologizing Heidegger, George Connell

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Liturgy And Ecumenism: What Next?, Eugene L. Brand

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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This year, 1998, marks the twentieth anniversary of the Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) that we celebrate together with the fiftieth anniversary of the Institute of Liturgical Studies here at Valparaiso University. My personal debt to the institute goes back to 1956 when I persuaded my internship supervisor to allow me to attend the institute in Michigan. That meeting introduced me to some of the giants of the previous generation-Arthur Carl Piepkorn, Berthold von Schenk, AR. Kretzmann and M. Alfred Bichsel-and gave me a vision of what worship among Lutherans might be. Then, following my return from doctoral studies …

Law, Language And Lenity, Lawrence Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Corporate Law In French Corporate Governance (Reprinted In The Legal Basis Of Corporate Governance In Publicly-Held Corporations: A Comparative Approach (A.R. Pinto & G. Visentini Eds. 1998)), James A. Fanto

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Harmonizing The Law Governing Secured Credit: The Next Frontier, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Conditions Optimales D'Utilisation Des Nettoyants À Plancher : Gras Animaux Et Végétaux Sur Vinyle Et Grès, Philippe L'Homme, Sylvain Lamoureux, François Quirion

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Ce rapport présente et discute les résultats obtenus par QI Recherche et Développement Technologique dans le cadre de l'activité de recherche "Conditions optimales d'utilisation des nettoyants à plancher : Gras animaux et végétaux sur vinyle et grès". Le projet de recherche a débuté le 4 juillet 1997 pour se terminer avec le dépôt de ce rapport final, le 10 juin 1998. Cette activité s'inscrit dans l'effort de recherche de l'IRSST pour réduire l'incidence des chutes et glissades qui, entre 1993 et 1995, ont été à l'origine de plus de 12,800 cas de lésions chez les travailleurs du Québec.

Cette …

Effects Of Rotating 12-Hour Shiftwork On The Health And Safety Of Petroleum Refinery Operators. Phase 1: Survey, Assessment And Shiftwork Design Considerations: Summary, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Yvon Quéinnec, Denise Granger, Raymond Baril, Serge Guertin, Paul Massicotte

Rapports de recherche scientifique

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Santé, Sécurité Et Organisation Du Travail Dans Les Emplois De Soins À Domicile, Esther Cloutier, Hélène David, Johane Prévost, Catherine Teiger

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Sécurité Dans L'Utilisation Des Tracteurs Agricoles Au Québec : Caractéristiques Et Conditions D'Utilisation, Yves Beauchamp, Anh Dung Ngô

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Les Risques D'Accidents Associés À La Récupération D'Incident Dans Un Système Automatisé De Production En Série : Le Cas D'Une Boulangerie, Georges Toulouse

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Silice, Silicose Et Cancer : Étude De Rétention Pulmonaire, André Dufresne, Guy Perrault, Raymond Bégin

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Breard And The Federal Power To Require Compliance With Icj Orders Of Provisional Measures, Carlos Manuel Vázquez

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Among the puzzling aspects of the Breard episode was the Clinton administration's claim that the decision whether or not to comply with the Order of the International Court of Justice requiring the postponement of Breard's execution lay exclusively in the hands of the Governor of Virginia. The ICJ's Order provided that"[t]he United States should take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Angel Francisco Breard is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings." The Clinton administration argued that the Order was not binding, but it also took the position that, even if the order were binding, …

Stylistic Analysis Of Pictographs And Petroglyphs In Hells Canyon, Robyn L. Johnson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Contradictions Of Mainstream Constitutional Theory, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Gary Peller

Faculty Scholarship

For the last four decades, some form of "process" theory has dominated conventional constitutional theory, on the bench and in the academy. The organizing, usually implicit, background assumption is that the exercise of governmental power – whether by legislatures or courts – is to be tested for normative legitimacy against a set of procedures. Writing as critics of the basic framework of process theory, Professors Kimberli Crenshaw and Gary Peller discuss the contributions and constraints of a proceduralist constitutional law discourse. In light of direct democracy initiatives claiming the power of legislation, and a substantively conservative judiciary defining the "law," …

Free Speech And Good Character, Vincent A. Blasi

Faculty Scholarship

Early proponents of the freedom of speech such as John Milton, John Stuart Mill, and Louis Brandeis emphasized the role expressive liberty plays in strengthening the character of persons entrusted with such freedom. These theorists argued that character traits such as civic courage, independence of mind, and the capacity to learn from experience and adapt are nurtured by trusting citizens with dangerous ideas. Today there is much talk about good character in relation to free speech disputes-but all on the side of those who would regulate speakers. It is time to remember that a concern about character cuts both ways …

Deutsche Telekom, German Corporate Governance, And The Transition Costs Of Capitalism, Jeffrey N. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

In November 1996, Deutsche Telekom AG, the government-owned German telephone company, sold common stock representing approximately 25 percent of the company in a global stock offering that raised approximately DM 20 billion ($13 billion), the largest equity offering ever in Europe. In selling off this equity stake, the German government (i.e., the Federal Republic) had a number of motives. First, the sale was an important step in converting a government-run telephone monopoly into a nimble competitor in the emerging European and world telecommunications market. In anticipation of a fully competitive European telecommunications regime in 1998, Deutsche Telekom ("DT") had been …

Utb/Tsc This Week 1998-01, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Office Of News And Information

UTB/TSC Archives - This Week Newsletter

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The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being And Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents, Susan M. Pittenger

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Despite conceptual support linking ethnic identity and psychological adjustment among Native Americans, empirical research examining this relationship remains limited. In light of recent developments in the area of ethnic identity research, including alternative conceptual models, improved methodologies, and more sophisticated measures, this study examined the relationship between ethnic identity, self-esteem, emotional well-being, and depression among Native American reservation youth.

The relationship between the predictor variables of American Indian ethnic identity, White-American identity and bicultural identity, and the criterion measures of self-esteem, emotional well-being, and depression were examined for 137 Lakota/Dakota Sioux reservation youth. Participants completed surveys including the Multigroup Ethnic …

The Effect Of Nitrogen Source On Photoinhibition In Marine Phytoplankton, Karen E. Culver-Rymsza

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.