Phonetic prototypes

Visual Prototypes

In this paper I introduce the concept of "visual prototype" to capture one particular kind of work done by visual representation in the practice of science. I use an example from neuroscience; more particularly, the example of the visual representation of the pattern of convolutions (the gyri and sulci) of the human cortex as this pattern is constructed and used in the practice of mapping the f...

Behavioural Prototypes

Concurrent objects andmultiparty compatibility. Data types describe values; behavioural types such as multiparty session types [4] and typestate [3] describe interactions. Here we introduce a simple actor language and show how multiparty compatibility [1] can be used to statically type-check systems of concurrent objects whose interfaces evolve dynamically in response to messages. Our program i...

Design Prototypes

This article commences with an elaboration of models of design as a process. It then introduces and describes a knowledge representation schema for design called design prototypes. This schema supports the initiation and continuation of the act of designing. Design prototypes are shown to provide a suitable framework to distinguish routine, innovative and creative design. DESIGN Although there ...

Clustering with Repulsive Prototypes

Materialization and prototypes

Object Real/Fictional Instance Concrete Object Materialisation Implementation