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Acknowledgements I would like to thank Prof. Paolo Massazza, my first algorithm professor, for the supervision of the final drafting of the thesis and his precious suggestions; I also would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Jyrki Katajainen, coau-thor of the two articles presented in the thesis, for what he taught me, his constant encouragements and all the time he dedicated to our collabor...

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Reinventing Hippocrates

(other?) women, some of which reflects a historical situation in which wealthy women were able, in large part, to control their own lives. One can also see a growing scholasticism, perhaps taking place over a generation, as the masters of Salerno adopted Greek and Arabic modes of argument and explanation. These links with the early School of Salerno are judiciously explored, with consequent mod...

Reinventing chemistry.

Chemistry is in a period of change, from an era focused on molecules and reactions, to one in which manipulations of systems of molecules and reactions will be essential parts of controlling larger systems. This Essay traces paths from the past to possible futures.

Reinventing Shakey

This paper presents analogous logical characterisations of perception and planning in a mobile robot, and describes their implementation via an abductive logic programming rectainterpreter. In addition, the incorporation of the perception and planning processes in a sense-planact cycle is described.