Article history: Received November 4 2015 Received in Revised Format December 21 2015 Accepted February 25 2016 Available online February 25 2016 In this paper, a novel multi-objective robust possibilistic programming model is proposed, which simultaneously considers maximizing the distributive justice in relief distribution, minimizing the risk of relief distribution, and minimizing the total ...

This examines the history of computer language choice for both industry use and university programming courses. The study considers events in two developed countries and reveals themes that may be common in the language selection history of other developed nations. History shows a set of recurring problems for those involved in choosing languages. This study shows that those involved in the sel...

In this paper we propose the architecture of an Intelligent Tutoring System that considers the student's learning style and the competency-based education. We also describe the processes that have been implemented so far. Our architecture presents innovations in the representation of the tutor module and in the knowledge module; the tutor module incorporates a selector agent, which will choose ...

The explicit consideration of an addressee’s inferences during discourse planning affects the content and coherence of the generated discourse. The content of the discourse is affected because the consideration of an addressee’s inferences may require the addition of information that addresses erroneous inferences or suggest the omission of easily inferred information. The coherence of the disc...

Health psychology as a field of research and practice formally developed 30 years ago but it was prefigured by sustained debate within social and applied psychology about the nature of psychology and its role in society. This article considers this pre-history of health psychology and how the field has subsequently developed. It considers how its character is shaped by dominant ideas within psy...