Special issue: Computational models of natural argument

Computational Models of Natural Language Argument

This paper offers an introduction to the 2001 Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Language Argument (CMNLA 2001), a special event of the International Conference on Computational Science. The contributors to the workshop represent, in their backgrounds, the diversity of fields upon which the focus of the event draws. As a result, this paper aims not only to introduce the accepted papers...

Computational Modeling of 2-sided Message’s Effects on Perceived Argument Strength

The aim of this research is studying of 2-sided message’s effects on persuasiveness of anti-drug messages by computational modeling method. It’s been done for getting more effective and more persuasive messages. Persuasiveness of messages is measured be perceived argument strength of them which is determined by audiences. In this research, according to formative researches, a method for measuri...

Evaluation and comparison of performance of SDSM and CLIMGEN models in simulation of climatic variables in Qazvin plain

Climate change is found to be the most important global issue in the 21st century, so to monitor its trend is of great importance. Atmospheric General Circulation Models because of their large scale computational grid are not able to predict climatic parameters on a point scale, so small scale methods should be adapted. Among downscaling methods, statistical methods are used as they are easy to...

Special Issue on The Challenging Issues of the Health Effects of Exposure to High Levels of Natural Radiation

Modeling of Self-Healing Concrete: A Review

Self-healing concrete (SHC) has received a tremendous attention due to its advanced ability of automatic crack detection and crack repairing compared to the standard concrete. Two main approaches which considered as to-date self-healing mechanisms are autogenous and autonomous healing. In the past several years, the effort of the research has been focused on experimental works instead of numeri...