From the student feedback questionnaire, some students opined that the concepts of fluid mechanics are quite abstract and that they have difficulty in grasping the phenomena in real life situation. Hence, it demands some innovative learning methodologies to help arouse their interest. This paper depicts the development and implementation of an interactive teaching package on learning of basic f...

The fDS approach to Japanese-to-English MT found sponsorship from the British Government and ICL from 1984 as part of ALVEY (IKBS project no.25, carried out at the University of Sheffield, England in cooperation with ICL and Kobe University, Japan). When the Japanese to English part of the ALVEY project was successfully concluded in 1987, resulting in the creation of AIDTRANS, SHARP Corporation...

The International Conference on Successes and Failures of Knowledge-Based Systems (KBSs) in Real-World Applications was held at the Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand) on October 28-30, 1996. This report provides a presentation of the papers and the discussions during the conference. The conference focused on some new issues that were rarely addressed before. Among the main result...

We argue for the separation of object and reflective problem solving levels and a selfrepresentation that is distinct from the object-level because it is selective, specialised and knowledge oriented, i.e., it is a knowledge-level model congruent with the KADS conceptual model of the object system. As an example we describe a conceptual model for competence assessment and improvement in Office ...

Abstract: In this paper a general methodology for minimum weight selection of structural joints is reviewed. The evaluation and selection technique is based on analytical weight formulae for structural joints including different joining technologies for which through the use of Buckingham’s Pi-Theorem a complete set of dimensionless similarity parameters is derived. This formal approach offers ...

This paper describes a model of knowledge-based system for integrating CAM and CNC operations. In detail, the main concern of integration is driven by proposed standardized check list as a part of product data which is useful for capturing and managing the knowledge based activities done by CAM operators and CNC machine operators in assessing product data before proceeded into CNC machining pro...

Evaluation and selection of the software packages is complicated and time consuming decision making process. Selection of inappropriate software package can turn out to be costly and adversely affects business processes and functioning of the organization. In this paper we describe (i) generic methodology for software selection, (ii) software evaluation criteria, and (iii) hybrid knowledge base...

Considering usability-based design and evaluation, many general guidelines and heuristics have been proposed in the past. Yet there is still a lack of tailored criteria for the specific case of knowledge-based systems. In this paper we propose the Usability Stack for knowledge-based systems as a new model that summarizes and classifies usability criteria for that particular context. The model a...

Today’s building industry not only demands more and more reduced construction time on building site, but also an advanced and mostly construction attendant design phase. Even though there is software available to support design processes in distributed environments, most applications only support simple document based exchange of information. In this paper a knowledge based system is presented ...

A specific tool for evaluating and tutoring students has been developed. The application results help the students to review those subjects on which their knowlegde level is not adequate and assist tutors to direct their courses to the corresponding level of a student or a group of students. The tool implementation is made possible by the development of a questions data base in the specific sub...