Different Modelling Purposes

Gesture Modelling for Linguistic Purposes

The study of sign languages attempts to create a coherent model that binds the expressive nature of signs conveyed in gestures to a linguistic framework. Gesture modelling offers an alternative that provides device independence, scalability and flexibility for the annotation and modelling of linguistic phenomena. This paper presents the requirements and initial experiments to build an input met...

Knowledge-Grid Modelling for Academic Purposes

High Resolution Flow Modelling for Meteorological Purposes

This paper describes methods used in creation of a high-resolution mathematical model for describing flow in complex geometry areas. In the future it should be used mainly for airflow calculations in urban areas. In the second part we present some preliminary results of test experiments. At this stage, our model describes the 2D laminar incompressible flow but extension to full 3D approach is s...

Modelling Multi-Facetted Purposes of Artefacts

Whereas software variability deals with customisation and adaptability of software, we consider here the issue of modelling variability for Information System artefacts. We view variability in the larger perspective of the system meeting the purpose of many organisations and customer groups. We propose to represent this multi-facetted nature of a purpose through the notion of intentions and str...

Why Measure Performance? Different Purposes Require Different Measures

measures are worthless. To use a performance measure—to extract information from it—a manager needs a specific, comparative gauge, plus an understanding of the relevant context. A truck has been driven 6.0 million. Six miUion what? Six million miles? That's impressive. Six million feet? That's only 1,136 miles. Six million inches? That's not even 95 miles. Big deal—unless those 95 miles were dr...