The regulation of multiagent systems may be approached from different stand-points. In this paper I will take the perspective of using a certain type of devices, electronic instit...
Learning how to create, test, and revise models is a central skill in scientific reasoning. We argue that qualitative modeling provides an appropriate level of representation for ...
Kenneth D. Forbus, Karen Carney, Bruce L. Sherin, ...
Our goal is to build knowledge acquisition tools that support users in modifying knowledge-based systems. These modi cations may require several individual changes to various comp...
A central problem in text-understanding research is the indeterminacy of natural language. Two related issues that arise in confronting this problem are the need to make complex i...
Rebecca J. Passonneau, Carl Weir, Timothy W. Finin...
We propose an operational model that combines message meaning and conversational structure in one comprehensive approach. Our long-term research goal is to lay down principles unit...
Roberto A. Flores, Philippe Pasquier, Brahim Chaib...