This paper surveys the origins and present applications of the Genetic Modification of plants, animals and humans. The ethical concerns raised from both secular and religious sources are considered. It is concluded that humankind has been delegated responsible stewardship for all the earth’s resources, including DNA, and that there are strong theological motivations for using Genetic Modificati...

This paper presents an approach to planning under uncertainty in resource-constrained environments. We describe our novel method for online plan modification and execution monitoring, which augments existing with pre-computed fragments response observed resource availability. Our merging algorithm uses causal structure interleave actions, creating solutions using observations of the true state ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the utility of multidisciplinary case conferences (MCCs) on physician decision making in benign and malignant breast disease management. METHODS  Patients with interesting or challenging diagnostic or management issues were discussed at biweekly diagnostic breast MCCs. Prior to discussion, a clinical summary and intended management plan prior to the MCC was presented. For ...

Explicit causal structure representations have been widely used in classical planning systems to guide a variety of aspects of planning, including plan generation, modification and generalization. For the most part, these representations were limited to single-contributor causal structures. Although widely used, single-contributor causal structures have several limitations in handling partially...