We sketch the process of creating a novel video game by blending two video games specified in the Video Game Description Language (VGDL), following the COINVENT computational model of conceptual blending. We highlight the choices that need to be made in this process, and discuss the prospects for a computational game designer based on blending. Introduction This paper outlines the process of cr...

The paper reports work in progress on the investigation of the new ACT-R blending mechanism in its scope to account for data from two experiments with Broadbent’s TRANSPORTATION task. Two simple models are proposed that store and retrieve problem solving episodes to learn controlling the TRANSPORTATION scenario. Preliminary results with the models provide clear evidence for the empirical adequa...

We examine some techniques and results rrom algebraic geometry, and assess how and to what e'xtent. fhey are oT use in computer-aided-geometric deSi~Gl't Focusing on offset and blending surface construction, we illustrate how to apply and assess algebraic methods_ We also examine some numerical techniques for interrogating offsets and blending surfaces constructed using the algebraic approach.

In this paper, we describe results from a preliminary eeort to better understand issues of attribution that arise from the application of knowledge-based systems to the blending of structured querying and document retrieval over disparate (heterogeneous, distributed) information sources. The term multimodal integration is introduced to refer to such a blending of structured querying and documen...

The present work is focused on determining the performance and emission characteristics biodiesel in DI diesel engine. Experimental investigation of diesel engine was made with 25% (B25), 50% (B50) and 75% (B75) and 100%(B100) blending of Ziziphus jujuba oil with diesel and the results were compared with diesel. Keywords— Ziziphus jujuba, Indian jujube, Edible, Blending, direct injection (DI) d...

The cognitive theory of conceptual blending models human creativity as a mental process that combines two mental spaces into a new mental space, called a blend. According to this theory, a blend is constructed by taking the commonalities among the input mental spaces into account, to form a so-called generic space, and by projecting their non-common structure in a selective way to the novel ble...

to press, NIDA’s third “Blending Clinical Practice and Research”conference is about to begin in Denver. Hundreds of producers of recovery and creators of new knowledge on drug abuse are gathering to share and combine their expertise in plenary sessions, topic discussions, and skills-building workshops on a wide range of critically important topics. “Blending” is NIDA’s short name for some of it...

Large eddy simulations of turbulent ̄ow and transport in the atmospheric boundary layer were conducted over heterogeneous sources of heat and water vapor to identify the blending properties of the turbulent mixing in an unstably strati®ed boundary layer. The numerical simulations show that the concept of blending in the ABL is in fact a useful one, even under convective conditions, for a range ...

We investigate the influence of blending on the Cepheid distance scale. Blending is the close association of a Cepheid with one or more intrinsically luminous stars. High-resolution HST images are compared to our ground-based data, obtained as part of the DIRECT project, for a sample of 102 Cepheids in the M33 galaxy. The average (median) flux contribution from luminous companions not resolved ...

IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy PET/MR imaging offers the possibility to achieve in one-shot both functional information provided by PET imaging and morpho-functional information with excellent soft tissue contrast provided by MRI. As a result of a typical PET/MR acquisition, each voxel carries a large amount of multivariate information that can be combined into a single image for a synthetic multi-pa...