Surveying for architectural students: as simple as possible – as much as necessary

Towards Behaviour Recognition with Unlabelled Sensor Data: As Much as Necessary, as Little as Possible

The problem of behaviour recognition based on data from sensors is essentially an inverse problem: given a set of sensor observations, identify the sequence of behaviours that gave rise to them. In a smart home, the behaviours are likely to be the standard human behaviours of living, and the observations will depend upon the sensors that the house is equipped with. There are two main approaches...

Reasoning about mental states in sequential games: As simple as possible, as complex as necessary

Because of limited cognitive resources, humans use heuristics in problem solving and decision-making. We argue that reasoning about mental states also comprises the use of heuristics. This has been tested in sequential games, in which one player’s outcomes depend on another player’s decisions. Empirical findings show that participants apply simple strategies, or heuristics, for as long as these...

Modeling inference of mental states As simple as possible , as complex as necessary

Mapping and Inference in Analogical Problem Solving – As Much as Needed or as Much as Possible?

There exist many computational models of analogy making, which are based on different assumptions about the cognitive processes which are responsible for successful transfer from a base to a target domain. In most models, mapping of the base structure to the target is seen as the core of analogy making. We believe that the way in which this mapping is realized is a crucial aspect by which the d...

Statecharts For Requirements Specification – As Simple As Possible , As Rich As Needed

Statecharts have evolved into a widely used instrument for specifying system behavior and interaction. Several variants of statecharts have been developed, for example, Harel's original statecharts, UML state machines or derived concepts such as the state machines in RSML. In this paper I investigate how a statechart variant for requirements models should look if we want it to be as simple as p...