Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (2)
- Communication (2)
- Databases and Information Systems (2)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (2)
- Arts and Humanities (1)
-
- Cataloging and Metadata (1)
- Communication Technology and New Media (1)
- Computer Law (1)
- Education (1)
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (1)
- Educational Technology (1)
- Law (1)
- Law and Psychology (1)
- Legal Education (1)
- Legal Profession (1)
- Legal Writing and Research (1)
- Library and Information Science (1)
- Speech and Rhetorical Studies (1)
- Technical and Professional Writing (1)
- Institution
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Cataloging Expert Systems: Optimism And Frustrated Reality, William Olmstadt
Cataloging Expert Systems: Optimism And Frustrated Reality, William Olmstadt
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
There is little question that computers have profoundly changed how information professionals work. The process of cataloging and classifying library materials was one of the first activities transformed by information technology. The introduction of the MARC format in the 1960s and the creation of national bibliographic utilities in the 1970s had a lasting impact on cataloging. In the 1980s, the affordability of microcomputers made the computer accessible for cataloging, even to small libraries. This trend toward automating library processes with computers parallels a broader societal interest in the use of computers to organize and store information. Following World War II, …
Designing Electronic Casebooks That Talk Back: The Cato Program, Kevin D. Ashley
Designing Electronic Casebooks That Talk Back: The Cato Program, Kevin D. Ashley
Articles
Electronic casebooks offer important benefits of flexibility in control of presentation, connectivity, and interactivity. These additional degrees of freedom, however, also threaten to overwhelm students. If casebook authors and instructors are to achieve their pedagogical goals, they will need new methods for guiding students. This paper presents three such methods developed in an intelligent tutoring environment for engaging students in legal role-playing, making abstract concepts explicit and manipulable, and supporting pedagogical dialogues. This environment is built around a program known as CATO, which employs artificial intelligence techniques to teach first-year law students how to make basic legal arguments with cases. …
Life And Evolution In Computers, Melanie Mitchell
Life And Evolution In Computers, Melanie Mitchell
Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper argues for the possibility of 'artificial life' and computational evolution, first by discussing (via a highly simplified version) John von Neumann's self-reproducing automaton and then by presenting some recent work focusing on computational evolution, in which 'cellular automata', a form of parallel and decentralized computing system, are evolved via 'genetic algorithms'. It is argued that such in silico experiments can help to make sense of the question of whether we can eventually build computers that are intelligent and alive.