Automatic reasoning is applied to building design problems with a large number of standardized conditions, such as normal housing. Industrialized home building can provide quick-to-build low-cost dwellings, but these buildings often are not as appropriate for the local climate, building site or to the occupant needs as tailor-made homes. In this article we present a knowledge-based system (KBS)...

This paper describes a generic, knowledge-based mechanism used to make selections between a xed set of alternatives. The mechanism, termed sponsor-selector has been used as a control mechanism in a number of diierent knowledge-based systems including design, planning and problem-solver integration applications. We will discuss the general applicability of the sponsor-selector mechanism and desc...

Anonymous recommender systems are the electronic pendant to vendors, who ask the customers a few questions and subsequently recommend products based on the answers. In this article we will propose attribute aware classifier-based approaches for such a system and compare it to classifier-based approaches that only make use of the product IDs and to an existing knowledge-based system. We will sho...

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This paper examines the extent to which financial development and financial structure may explain cross-country diffusion of information communication technology (ICT). Using panel data for 76 emerging and advanced countries for the period 1990–2003, it finds that credit and stock market development tends to foster ICT diffusion, but financial structure does not appear to have any significant r...

Current cultural, social, and economic trends challenge traditional concepts of learning and lifelong learning. This paper draws on the twofold nature of learning in a knowledge society and explores options for technological support. The concept of Second-Order Learning Objects is introduced as a potential means to foster generative learning. Generative learning goes beyond that what is already...

This article shows growing popularity of knowledge-based economy and turns attention to the role of knowledge as an important factor of competitive struggle. It presents results of research concerning knowledge management in Polish companies and indicates forms of its acquisition and development. Main barriers and limitations in application of knowledge sources and introduction of knowledge man...

The science of complexity contains a plethora of models and ideas through which we can interpret and understand the world around us. Thus, we keep an eye on reality throughout, touching on the practical benefits of gaining an understanding of complex systems. Agent based modeling is a methodology that has been driving a lot of research in complex systems. In this work, we present how agent-base...

This document presents a theory for knowledge level reeection together with experimental results, proving that it is possible to design knowledge systems intended to build, verify or control other knowledge systems. Furthermore, this may be done in a very simple way and still produce surprisingly eecient results.

GBFS-based satisficing planners often augment their search with knowledge-based enhancements such as preferred operators and multiple heuristics. These techniques seek to improve planner performance by making the search more informed. In our work, we will focus on how these enhancements impact coverage and we will use a simple technique called ✏-greedy node selection to demonstrate that planner...