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Contracts: Courteous Logic Programs in Xml a Declarative Approach to Business Rules in Contracts: Courteous Logic Programs in Xml

We address why, and especially how, to represent business rules in e-commerce contracts. By contracts, we mean descriptions of goods and services offered or sought, including ancillary agreements detailmg tenris of a deal. We observe that rules are useful in contracts to represent conditional relationships, e.g., in terms & conditions, service provisions, and surrounding business processes, and...

13_17 Omer Faruk Dogan

Amaç: Kardiyopulmoner bypass (KPB) yardımıyla yapılan kalp cerrahisi humoral ve hücresel immünite sisteminde aktivasyona neden olarak organ disfonksiyonlarına ve ameliyat sonrası dönemde enfeksiyon riskinin artmasına neden olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, KPB’nin çocuk hastalarda hücresel immün sistem üzerindeki etkileri araştırıldı. Ça lış ma pla nı: Bu prospektif çalışmada, açık kalp cerrahisi u...

Courteous Cars: Decentralized Multiagent Traffic Coordination

A major goal in robotics is to develop machines that perform useful tasks with minimal supervision. Instead of requiring each small detail to be specified, we would like to describe the task at a high level and have the system autonomously execute in a manner that satisfies that desired task. While the single robot case is difficult enough, moving to a multirobot behavior adds another layer of ...

Assessment of Control Strategy for 500W Retort

A retort is a steam operated “pressure cooker” which is used in the food industry for sterilization. The 500W retort is a lab-size unit donated to the California State University, Fresno Food Processing Laboratory by the FMC Corporation in the summer of 1998. This retort was developed two decades ago and intended for small batches and versatile food containers such as jars, pouches, cans, and b...