This paper presents a model for the control of autonomous robots that allows cooperation among them. The control structure is based on a general purpose multi-agent architecture using a hybrid approach made up by two levels. One level is composed of reactive skills capable of achieving simple actions by their own. The other one uses an agenda used as an opportunistic planning mechanism to compo...

MOOCs have brought a revolution to education. However, their impact is mainly benefiting people with Higher Education degrees. The lack of support and personalized advice in MOOCs is causing that many of the learners that have not developed work habits and selflearning skills give them up at the first obstacle, and do not see MOOCs as an alternative for their education and training. MyLearningM...

Policy and Planning Group, Health and Community Services Environmental Scan Notes: This document was prepared by the Policy and Planning Group during 2011 for the purpose of assessing how key external factors have affected the Health and Community Services industry since 2007. It is not intended to be exhaustive. The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC) is the industry...

The aim of disseminating this research article is to showcase a novel path planner method, which is shown to be an efficient offline path planner in terms of its capacity for analyzing workspace robot maneuvering skills and constructing collision free trajectories that yield the shortest possible path from initial point toward goal configuration. The determined route is considered to be adequat...

Many of the existing techniques for controlling goaldirected agent behavior use one of two primary approaches: heuristic-search planning (HSP) or reinforcement learning (RL). Each has its advantages and disadvantages. For instance, heuristic-search planning does not traditionally learn from previous experience, and can only be applied in domains for which a complete domain model exists. On the ...

Software development requires professionals with knowledge and experience on many different methodologies, tools, and techniques. However, the so-called soft skills, such as interpersonal skills, teamwork, problem solving and customer orientation to name just a few, are as important as, or even more important than, traditional qualifications and technical skills. Members of scrum teams, particu...

this study investigated how english as foreign language (efl) learners with different learning styles (field dependent and field independent) boost up their reading comprehension abilities as they develop their metacognitive skills. to conduct this research, 60 participants were randomly invited to sit pet (preliminary english test) to ensure homogeneity of the participants in terms of language...

this study focuses on the relationship between lower-intermediate level efl learners’ metacognitive awareness and accuracy in self-assessment of a speaking test. we tried to raise the learners’ metacognitive awareness through practice in goal-setting and planning. to do so, 103 lower-intermediate level students took a pretest of speaking, completed a metacognitive awareness questionnaire, and h...

background: the students’ vulnerability to different problems can have an impact on their mental health. regarding the lack of evidence on the effectiveness of interventional programs based on health education planning models in this area in developing countries, an educational-participatory program based on the precede model was used, to promote the medical science students’ self-esteem and me...