Teach Them to Play! Educational Justice and the Capability for Childhood Play

Intelligent NPCs for Educational Role Play Game

Video games in general and educational role play games in particular would increase in believability if Non Player Characters reacted appropriately to the player’s actions. Realistic and responsive feedback from game characters is important to increase engagement and enjoyment in players. In this paper, we discuss the modelling of autonomous characters based on a biologically-inspired theory of...

The Play of Means and Ends: Justice in Lope's Fuenteovejuna

Lope’s masterpiece, Fuenteovejuna, is generally considered to be a glowing endorsement of the reign of Fernando and Isabel, who represent not just a glorious and hopeful Spanish history but political acumen, justice, and the triumph of good over evil. A closer examination of several key plot elements, however, reveals that almost every time characters are called upon to make decisions, they cho...

کنترل توان منابع تولید پراکنده با قابلیت plug and play

در دو دهه گذشته، مسائلی مانند گرمایش زمین و آلودگی هوا و از طرف دیگر افزایش تقاضا برای انرژی برق، دست اندرکاران و تصمیم گیرندگان صنعت برق را براین داشته که به سوی تولید انرژی برق از منابع انرژی تجدید پذیر مانند انرژی خورشیدی، بادی و همچنین تکنولوژی های جدیدتر مانند پیل های سوختی گام بردارند. در این پایان نامه کنترل توان منابع تولید پراکنده مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است. کنترل توان پیل سوختی متصل به...

To play or not to play.

[Childhood accidents in play and sports].