This paper describes GET (Graph Editor and Tools), a tool based on Sowa's conceptual structures, which can be used for generic knowledge acquisition and representation. The system enabled the acquisition of semantic information (restrictions) for a lexicon used by a semantic interpreter for Portuguese sentences featuring some deduction capabilities. GET also enables the graphical representation...

The primary requirement for a mesh generator used in an automated tool is robustness. Surface based meshing algorithms fail very often especially with invalid boundary representation geometries. With generic boundary representation formats like STEP or IGES, invalid geometries are very common due to the loss of information and precision in CAD Data Exchange. This paper presents an approach to a...

We use some Lie group theory and Budney’s unitarization of the Lawrence-Krammer representation, to prove that for generic parameters of definite form the image of the representation (also on certain types of subgroups) is dense in the unitary group. This implies that, except possibly for closures of full-twist braids, all links have infinitely many conjugacy classes of braid representations on ...

In the present study, we propose to implement a new framework for estimating generative models via an adversarial process extend existing GAN and develop white-box controllable image cartoonization, which can generate high-quality cartooned images/videos from real-world photos videos. The learning purposes of our system are based on three distinct representations: surface representation, struct...

We consider relational databases organized over an ordered domain with some additional relations|a typical example is the ordered domain of rational numbers together with the ternary relation + of addition. In the focus of our study are the rst order queries that are invariant under order-preserving \permutations"|such queries are called (order-)generic. We show that for an arbitrary ordered di...

In today’s competitive world, there are several strategies to deal with the fast changing environment, among which New product development (NPD) is a common strategy. However, almost half of the resources that companies devote to NPD are spent on products that may fail. This issue is particularly highlighted in the pharmaceutical industry mainly because of a long development-time, low success r...

Despite the heterogeneity of ideas regarding the definitions of genre, there are also common instances shared among scholars interested in particular aspects of the notion. Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993) are primarily interested in the sociological and psychological aspects of genre's functioning and construction, respectively.. Swales analyzes the genre of 'article introduction', into four ge...

Expressive models of the work processes performed in the chemical and process industries provide a basis for diverse applications like work process documentation, analysis, and enactment. In this contribution, we present a generic modeling language for different types of work processes to allow for their integrated representation in the life cycle of a chemical plant. Further, the generic langu...