This paper reports on the results of a larger research project that investigated the factors impacting on interorganisational transfer in the New Zealand State Sector. Seven gatekeepers (boundary-spanning individuals) from different organisations were interviewed about their experiences in facilitating the transfer of a new strategic knowledge model between organisations. The context for the re...

Formal dialectic systems have been suggested as a means to model inter-agent communication in multi-agent systems. The formal dialectic systems of Hamblin are practical models for the computational implementation of such a system of argumentative dialogue. This paper introduces a formal framework for the specification of Hamblintype systems that has a range of benefits for theoretical work in t...

This paper systematically investigates the effectiveness of different visual feature coding schemes for facilitating the learning of time-delayed dependencies among disjoint multi-camera views. Accurate inter-camera dependency estimation across nonoverlapping camera views is non-trivial especially in crowded scenes where inter-object occlusion can be severe and frequent, and when the degree of ...

The present study determines the effects of summation of contraction on joint kinematics in human ankle and mechanomyography (MMG) signals during non-isometric contraction. The excursion and angular velocity of dorsiflexion and eversion were measured during several summation profiles during non-isometric contractions. The joint kinematics parameters and MMG responses to 1-8 pulses at a constant...

In this paper the end-to-end performance evaluation of a tagged session is considered through the study of a tandem queueing network. A service discipline is adopted at each queue which allows for the study of First-Come First-Served (FCFS) as well as peak-rate-enforcing multiplexing schemes. A numerical approach is presented which allows for the computation of delay, jitter and inter-departure...

We describe some simulations that compare cultural transmission between and within generations (inter-generational vs intra-generational transmission) in populations of embodied agents controlled by neural networks. Our results suggest that intra-generational transmission has the role of adding variability to the evolutionary process and that this function seems particularly useful when the pop...

This research-in-progress paper explores ways in which inter-organisational networks can fulfil both collective (network) and self-interest (member) goals by implementing architectures of participation that govern and support participant interaction. We draw on recent studies to derive a conceptual framework consisting of technological, legal, economic and social mechanisms in inter-organisatio...