“DEBAT RUKUN ISLAM” WAYANG GOLEK BOBODORAN PERFORMENCE

Islam Almasri_TOCSJ

Recently, a number of methods have been proposed to improve image retrieval accuracy by capturing context information. These methods try to compensate for the fact that a visually less similar image might be more relevant because it depicts the same object. We propose a new quick method for refining any pairwise distance metric, it works by iteratively discovering the object in the image from t...

Tutoring for SAT-Math with Wayang Outpost

We describe our on-going work in the creation of a web-based Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Wayang Oupost focuses on geometry problems, and uses web-based multimedia to communicate concepts to the student. Decisions about problem and help selection made on a remote web server, which stores data on student-system interactions ...

Islam in local contexts: Localised Islam in Northern Pakistan

As Clifford Geertz remarked in his Islam Observed (1968), the idea of a ‘changing’ religion is a contradiction in terms, as religion is fundamentally concerned with what is permanent and eternal. Still, one way to come to terms with religious change is to consider the many ways that religion is interpreted, by laymen and scholars alike. Social anthropologists like myself have naturally found a ...

Islam in the West: From Immigration to Global Islam

WAYANG: a general equilibrium model adapted for the Indonesian economy

This paper is an adaptation to the WAYANG model of Indonesia of the ORANIG course paper authored by Horridge, Parmenter and Pearson. WAYANG is based partly on an earlier version of WAYANG documented by Peter Warr and associates, and uses the database devised by them, and partly on ORANI-G. The description of the model's equations and database is closely integrated with an explanation of how the...