Discrete simulation models are suggested as tools to support reengineering. However, these models cannot identify the nature of the improvements. Furthermore, they are tedious to build when they must be detailed enough to produce accurate evaluations of the improvements impacts. A new system for reengineering that supports the identification of the improvements using benchmarking implemented wi...

Interfacing cognitive architectures with virtual agents is still in its infancy and remains an open teleological question. However, we hope that this book encourages readers to seriously consider the particular role of cognitive architectures for state-of-the-art virtual agents. The chapters in this book consider the advantages of specific cognitive architectures over others depending on the na...

Conceptual design is a process of creating functions, forms and behaviors. Although cognitive processes are utilized in the development of new ideas, conventional methodologies do not take human cognition into account. However, it is conceivable that if one could determine how cognitive processes are stimulated, then more effective conceptual design methods could be developed. In this paper, we...

Regularly inflected forms often behave differently in language production than irregular forms. These differences are often used to argue that irregular forms are listed in the lexicon but regular forms are produced by rule. Using an experimental speech production task with adults, it is shown that overtensing errors, where a tensed verb is used in place of an infinitive, predominantly involve ...

Port organizations have focused their efforts on physical or tangible assets, generating profitability and value. However, it is recognized that the greatest sustainable competitive advantage is the creation of knowledge using the intangible assets of the organization. The Balanced ScoreCard, as a performance tool, has incorporated intangible assets such as intellectual, structural and social c...

PURPOSE To evaluate the T1rho (T(1rho)) MRI relaxation time in hippocampus in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and control, and to determine whether the T(1rho) shows any significant difference between these cohorts. MATERIALS AND METHODS With informed consent, AD (n = 49), MCI (n = 48), and age-matched control (n = 31) underwent T(1rho) MRI on a Siemens...