This paper introduces a visual query system for geographical information systems, which is easy to use for non-professional persons. The system creates a new iconic metaphor — a ...
Recently, language barrier becomes the major problem for people to search, retrieve, and understand WWW documents in different languages. This paper deals with query translation i...
Most classification tasks that have been tackled for automation are ones involving complex chains of causal reasoning. However, our daily lives are filled with simple classificati...
This paper demonstrates the role of group normative reputation in the promotion of an aggression reducing possession norm in an artificial society. A previous model of normative r...
Virtual worlds are typically designed to recreate the familiar physical world, both in the design of the spaces and the ways that people interact within them. In this paper we des...