Designers of agent communications protocols are increasingly using formal dialogue games, adopted from argumentation theory, as the basis for structured agent interactions. We propose a set of desiderata for such protocols, drawing on recent research in agent interaction, on recent criteria for assessment of automated auction mechanisms and on elements of argumentation theory and political scie...

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Aspects of Intonation in Speech: Implications from an Experimental Study of Fundamental Frequency -James E. Atkinson 211 ABSTRACT: Levels of Processing in Speech Perception: Neurophysiological and Information-Processing Analyses -Charles C. Wood . " . .. 215 Levels of Processing in Speech Perception: Neurophysiological and Information-Processing Analyses -Charles C. Wood . " . .. 215 II. Public...

In how many permutations does the pattern τ occur exactly m times? In most cases, the answer is unknown. When we search for rigid patterns, on the other hand, we obtain exact formulas for the solution, in all cases considered. keywords: pattern, rigid pattern, permutation, block Amy N. Myers Department of Mathematics 209 South 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 [email protected] phone: 215...

RESULTS: Microcalcifications were detected radiographically in 146 of 361 (40%) cores. If calcifications were present on specimen radiographs, histologic detection of these calcifications was made in 114 of 146 (78%) specimens, and diagnosis was made in 118 of 146 (81%). If calcifications were not present on specimen radiographs, histologic detection was obtamed in 27 of 215 (13%) specimens and...