Most of the research in the area of evaluation function learning is focused on self-play. However in many domains, like chess, expert feedback is amply available in the form of annotated games. This feedback comes usually in the form of qualitative information due to the inability of humans to determine precise utility values for game states. We are presenting a first step towards integrating t...

This paper analyzes conformist tendencies for a population in which individuals gain utility by mimicking the average behavior, characterizing norms by the mean behavior. In so doing, the model extends Bernheim (1994)’s “A Theory of Conformity” by introducing an endogenous mechanism for establishing social norms. The most interesting result is that this extension does not alter the properties o...

Feedback is a term used so frequently that it commonly taken there shared view about what means. However, in recent years, the notion of feedback as simply provision information to students their work has been substantially challenged and learning-centred views have articulated. This paper employs corpus linguistics approach analyse use ‘feedback’ research articles published key higher educatio...

 This paper investigates on control and stabilization of a new hyperchaotic system. The hyperchaotic system is stabilized using a new technique which called Generalized Backstepping Method (GBM). Because of its similarity to Backstepping approach, this method is called GBM. But, this method is more applicable in comparison with conventional Backstepping.  Backstepping method is used only for sy...

Partial medication compliance, where patients do not take enough of their prescribed medicine to achieve adequate outcomes, is common. Research using electronic monitoring to assess compliance has shown that people take approximately 75% of doses as prescribed, irrespective of the condition being treated or its severity. Erratic compliance often leads to discontinuation of therapy, as treatment...

there is a growing interest among the higher education principals and policy makers to improve teacher evaluation methods and more important than that to use the evaluation data. a number of research studies implied the ineffective instruction of esp courses in iran (atai, 2002; eslami, 2005; hayati, 2008; ahmadi, 2008; sherkatolabbasi & mahdavi, 2012; boniadi, ghojazadeh & rahmatvand, ...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-controlled (sc) and instructor-controlled (ic) feedbacks on the acquisition of dart motor skill using videotape feedback. for this purpose, 200 female volunteer students of university of tehran participated in this research. after the questioners had been filled out, 36 individuals were randomly selected from 152 qualified p...

This paper presents a novel interface for 3D modeling in augmented reality, aiming at developing a form gradually in the early phase of a product design process. Previous VR/AR based modeling systems have focused largely on geometrical algorithms and system performance issues. From a designers’ perspective, this study analyzed the conventional form creating processes and developed a more intuit...

This study employed a mixed-method approach including classroom experiment and 24 in-depth interviews, to investigate the effects of two feedback techniques (coded focused unfocused written corrective feedback) on L2 learners in self-financed tertiary institute Hong Kong. Three intact classes 47 students served as control groups; group only received content organization, whereas groups also lin...