The constraint programming community keeps on creating numerous search algorithms. It is an as desirable as difficult task to implement a variety of search algorithms in a single unifying framework. This design proposal states an object-oriented environment which supports development of generic search algorithms. GOOSE is abstract enough to house dissimilar search approaches and separates abstr...

T}tE taxonomic relationship of the Blue Goose (Chen caerulesceus cacrulescens) and the Lesser Snow' Goose (Chcn hyperborca hyperborea) has long created controversy among avian systematists, e.g., Blaauw (1908), Soper (1930), Sutton (1932), Manning (1942), and Manning et aI. (1956). I believe that the two forms are conspecific and that the species consists of two subspecies: a large form, Chcn c...

Park managers are concerned that moose (Alces alces), caribou (Rangifer tarandus), and grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) may be avoiding areas along the 130 km road through Denali National Park as a result of high traffic volume, thus decreasing opportunities for visitors to view wildlife. A wildlife monitoring system was developed in 1996 that used 19 landscape level viewsheds, stratified into four...

Knowledge of the relationship between waterfowl hunters and harvest levels may better inform harvest management decisions. We examined frequency of different sizes of daily harvests among duck hunters, and hunters’ contributions to duck harvest in the Central Flyway from 1975–1984, 1988–1993, and 2002–2011 using the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Parts Collection Survey. We stratified hunters...

Social interactions among multiple user groups of tank irrigation systems were studied to propose policies for sustainable management of tanks. Crop growers are the major competitors for water besides encroachers, fish and duck farmers. Existence of week property rights remained as the reason for the competition among users that subsequently led to conflicts. Conflicts aroused among user groups...

In his paper “Architects or Builders; scaffolding or duck tape?” (in this volume) Russell Beale states that we might not educate the students right for the challenges of HCI that are to come. The paper asks for the right way, a strict architectural view, or a view with the focus on the practical work at a lower level. In this commentary I will argue the intention of question itself rather than ...