Modeling how we choose among alternatives, or more generally, modeling preferences, is one of the core topics of study in Psychology. Preferences can be studied experimentally using a variety of procedures, one of the oldest being the method of paired comparisons. This method remains quite popular in areas such as psychophysics and consumer psychology. For a good overview of the method of paire...

The perspective-N-point problem is a well known issue in computer vision. It consists in the determination of the distance between the camera and a set of points well known in an object coordinate space. This problem has been extensively treated in the literature and is still opened. Many solutions already exist. All these approaches consider only common planar camera. We propose, with a new fo...

This paper presents some key concepts and underlying assumptions of three current fields of research: the Theory of Organized Activity, Organizational Semiotics and Language Action Perspective. All these fields are related by a human/social/organizational common view of Information Systems. In our analysis and, within Organizational Semiotics field Ronald Stamper’s theory was chosen, while with...

Starting from an ontology draft which reflects the intended modeling perspective, the ontology engineer can be supported by suggesting similar already existing sub-ontologies and ways for integrating them with the existing draft ontology. Our approach combines syntactic, linguistic, structural and logical methods into an innovative modelingperspective aware solution for detecting matchings betw...

To address complexity of modeling the world’s processes, over the years in different scientific disciplines separation assumptions have been made to isolate parts of processes, and in some disciplines they have turned out quite useful. It can be questioned whether such assumptions are adequate to address complexity of integrated human mental and social processes and their interactions. In this ...

Collaborative networked organizations are complex entities whose proper understanding, design, implementation, and management require the integration of different modeling perspectives. A comprehensive modeling framework is therefore proposed as a first step towards the elaboration of a reference model for collaborative networks. Modeling tools and theories developed in other disciplines are al...

This paper reports an observation of communication in collaborative design by examining several historical cases of building design projects. It will present three cases of teamwork in architectural modelling. Each case provides a collection of drawings or illustrations that depict the artefacts being designed and constructed. Looking at the cases from the design as modelling perspective, two i...

In this paper, we examine the demand for fresh water of China in 2025 from the complex system modeling perspective and we develop an efficient, economical and practical water strategy to meet the demand for fresh water in 2025.Different from previous research, this study focus on studying several factors that can influence the demand for fresh water, and their interplay within the complex large...

The "perspective-plane" problem proposed in this paper is similar to the "perspective-n-point (PnP)" or "perspective-n-line (PnL)" problems, yet with broader applications and potentials, since planar scenes are more widely available than control points or lines in practice. We address this problem in the Bayesian framework and propose the "Bayesian perspective-plane (BPP)" algorithm, which can ...

In Computer Science, conceptual modelling and formalization are the basis for developing automated systems, "intelligent" or not. It is often taken for granted that formalization is possible and desirable. In the Language/Action perspective, this assumption has been challenged. The Language/Action perspective promotes "communicative action", in the sense of Habermas, as the building block of in...