Abstract In this paper, we argue that there are epistemic norms on evidence-gathering and consider consequences for how to understand normativity. Though the view such seems intuitive, it has found surprisingly little defense. Rather, many philosophers have argued can only be practical or moral. On a prominent evidentialist version of position, apply responding evidence one already has. Here ch...

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT)-based systems that integrate diverse types sensors, mobiles and other technologies to physical world is becoming increasingly popular for use in wide varieties applications. Compressive sensing (CS)-based information acquisition in-network compression provide an effective method accurate data recovery at the base station (BS) with reduced cost communication...

We describe a decision-theoretic approach to information gathering from a distributed network of information sources. Our approach uses an explicit representation of the user’s decision model in order to plan and execute information gathering actions. The information gathering planner issues requests based on the value of information taking into account the computational resources and monetary ...

The combination of push and pull information retrieval technology can benefit from collaborative information gathering schemes. In this paper we outline an approach that combines a pull technology (Knowledge Brokers) with a push technology (Knowledge Pump) in a community-based environment. Appropriate toolkits supporting synchronous collaboration on the World Wide Web are briefly introduced. A ...

Telocentrosomes organize telomere gathering Y oshida et al. identify a new job for microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs)—helping telomeres huddle during meiosis. The most famous MTOC is the centrosome, a permanent structure that serves as a hub for the cell’s microtubules and anchors the spindle during mitosis. But cells also deploy ephemeral MTOCs to perform other tasks. In fi ssion yeast, fo...

Individual animats trading independently can lead to a collective market behavior. Also, animats can be imbued with gathering capabilities, enabling it to survive in a resourcelled environment. We separately develop animats that are capable of trading and resource-gathering, and run experiments to determine the conditions for survivability of the animats. We then imbue all animats with trading ...

In this paper, we investigate the possibility to deterministically solve the gathering problem (GP) with weak robots (anonymous, autonomous, disoriented, deaf and dumb, and oblivious). We introduce strong multiplicity detection as the ability for the robots to detect the exact number of robots located at a given position. We show that with strong multiplicity detection, there exists a determini...

A " requirement " is a necessary attribute in a system, a statement that identifies a capability, characteristic, or quality factor of a system in order for it to have value and utility to a user [1]. According to Steve McConnell in Software Project Survival Guide, " The most difficult part of requirements gathering is not documenting what the users 'want'; it is the effort of helping users fig...