Although there is vigorous debate around definitions of creativity, there is general consensus that creativity i) has multiple facets, and ii) inherently involves a subjective value judgment by an evaluator. In this paper, we present evaluation of creative artifacts and computational creativity systems through a multiattribute preference modeling lens. Specifically, we introduce the use of mult...

This paper discusses one of the fundamental issues in education and social program evaluation: the proper role for an evaluator. Based on respective and comparative analysis of five theorists’ positions on this fundamental issue, this paper reveals how different perspectives on other fundamental issues in evaluation such as value, methods, use and purposes can result in different roles for eval...

In the area of technology financing, the scorecard model is one of the most popular tools used to help organizations decide whether or not to grant loans to applicant firms. However, the scorecards are often filled-in based on the evaluator’s total perception rather than the individual attribute scores of which the scorecards are composed. Misleading results may occur when reversely scored indi...

Priming of the coagulation cascade during hemodialysis (HD) leads to the release of activated factor X (FXa). The binding of FXa to its specific receptors, effector protease receptor-1 (EPR-1) and protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2), may induce the activation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and promote a chronic inflammatory state that is responsible for several HD-related morbid...

Minimalist grammars offer a formal perspective on a popular linguistic theory, and are comparable in weak generative capacity to other mildly context sensitive formalism. Minimalist grammars allow for the straightforward definition of so-called remnant movement constructions, which have found use in many linguistic analyses. It has been conjectured that the ability to generate this kind of conf...

Evaluating information retrieval implies a document collection on which search is carried out, a set of test queries and the lists of the relevant documents for each query. This evaluation framework also includes evaluation measures making it possible to control the impact of search parameters on the performance. Trec-eval calculates a large number of measures, some being used more widely, like...

This paper presents a method for computer aided tutor evaluation. The method is based on Bayesian Networks used for organizing the collected data about tutors and for enabling accurate estimations and predictions about future tutor behavior. The model provides indications about each tutor’s strengths and weaknesses, which enables the evaluator to exploit strengths to the benefit of the Universi...