Given an orthogonal polygon P with n vertices, the goal of the watchman route problem is finding a path S of the minimum length in P such that every point of the polygon P is visible from at least one of the point of S. In the other words, in the watchman route problem we must compute a shortest watchman route inside a simple polygon of n vertices such that all the points interior to the polygo...

This study examines how different types of information processing routes influence a user’s attitude toward an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model. We tested the main effects of content quality (central route) and system credibility (peripheral route) on attitude change and the moderating effects of motivation and IT ability. Using student survey ...

Theories of cognition that posit complementary dual-route processes afford better fits to the data when each route explains a part of the data not explained by the other route. However, such theories must also explain why each route is invoked, lest one can fit any data set with enough routes. One possible explanation is that route selection is based on a least-cost principle: the route that re...

There is an ongoing debate whether deaf individuals access phonology when reading, and if so, what impact the ability to access phonology might have on reading achievement. However, the debate so far has been theoretically unspecific on two accounts: (a) the phonological units deaf individuals may have of oral language have not been specified and (b) there seem to be no explicit cognitive model...

Theories of cognition that posit complementary dual-route processes afford better fits to the data when each route explains a part of the data not explained by the other route. However, such theories must also explain why each route is invoked, lest one can fit any data set with enough alternatives. One possible explanation is that route selection is based on a least-cost principle: the route t...

Contemporary psycholinguistic models suggest that there may be dual routes operating in phonetic encoding: a direct route which uses stored syllabic units, and an indirect route which relies on the on-line assembly of sub-syllabic units. The more computationally efficient direct route is more likely to be used for high frequency words, while the indirect route is most likely to be used for nove...

In the present theoretical note we examine how different learning constraints, thought to be involved in optimizing the mapping of print to meaning during reading acquisition, might shape the nature of the orthographic code involved in skilled reading. On the one hand, optimization is hypothesized to involve selecting combinations of letters that are the most informative with respect to word id...

The objective often explored in Web-based route planners is to find an optimal route in a network for a given mode of transport. Usually this involves searching for the cheapest route corresponding to some cost function. For many types of trips, not all desired route properties can be satisfied in this way. Following is a proposed solution for planning hiking trips. The method can easily be tra...

Contemporary psycholinguistic models suggest that there may be two possible routes in phonetic encoding: a 'direct' route which uses stored syllabic units, and an 'indirect' route which relies on the on-line assembly of sub-syllabic units. The computationally more efficient direct route is likely to be used for high frequency words, whereas the indirect route is most likely to be used for novel...