By considering the problems to be solved from a software engineering point of view, we will not only consider the feasibility provided by the mechanisms embedded in the platform we are defining, but also the economic1 aspects. This last point burns down to: how easy will it be to implement, deploy and manage complex distributed services in the application domains we are considering, i.e. firewa...

In this paper, we describe a system which is capable of utilizing a variety of knowledge sources to select the most appropriate parse for a spoken sentence. These knowledge sources include syntax, semantics, and contextual information. We discuss one way to utilize contextual information when determining the parse for a sentence. At its simplest level, the system can be thought of as a general-...

The results of a deep submillimetre observation using SCUBA of the powerful radio galaxy 3C324, at redshift z = 1.206, are presented. At 850 microns, emission from the location of the host radio galaxy is marginally detected at the 4.2σ level, 3.01 ± 0.72mJy, but there is no detection of emission at 450 microns to a 3σ limit of 21mJy. A new 32GHz radio observation using the Effelsberg 100m tele...

1 In multiple testing, weighted procedures are used for various reasons; for instance, (1) to increase power, (2) to incorporate previous knowledge about individual hypotheses, (3) to represent difference in importance (some hypotheses may be more important than others) or (4) to incorporate other measures of loss. The purpose of this question is to examine weighted procedures. Here, we assume ...