Clustering is an important data exploration task. A prominent clustering algorithm is agglomerative hierarchical clustering. Roughly, in each iteration, it merges the closest pair of clusters. It was rst proposed way back in 1951, and since then there have been numerous mod-iications. Some of its good features are: a natural, simple, and non-parametric grouping of similar objects which is capab...

Neurites of PC12 and chick dorsal root ganglion neurons behave as viscoelastic solids in response to applied forces. This passive behavior can be modeled with three mechanical elements; a relatively stiff, undamped spring in series with a Voight element composed of a less stiff spring in parallel with a dashpot. In response to applied tensions greater than 100 microdynes, PC12 cells show length...

Traditional box plots, described by Tukey in 1977, can be biased representations of geographic or spatial variables, since they do not take into account the areas associated with the elements of geographic variables. To help solve this problem, we propose and evaluate a spatially (areally) weighted box plot, a “geographic box plot,” that can be used to describe a wide variety of geographic vari...

Narrative AI needs to model more than just action. In this paper, we investigate the Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) agent architecture to allow plots to be modelled in terms of character motivation. This allows authors to focus on elements of the character model which are highly relevant to plot. We describe an extended implementation of the ConGolog agent programming language which includes BDI...

Interactive Storytelling (IS) systems are an emerging class of interactive entertainment applications with emphasis in narrative aspects. This paper deals with stories that have plots centered on a riddle, and describes a mechanism that can be introduced to planning-based IS in order to make the generated stories follow a specified tension arc. Results from experiments with users suggest that t...

Recent X-ray diffraction data on molten noble and transition metals have been used to calculate effective interionic potentials by means of the Born-Green equation. The results on the noble metals are compared with the generalized pseudopotential calculations of Moriarty. In all cases the potentions were found to be insensitive to temperature and to have long-range oscillations. The results sug...

This article presents a novel implementation of a real-time, generative model of musical tension. We contextualize this design in an application called the Accessible Aquarium Project, which aims to sonify visually dynamic experiences through generative music. As a result, our algorithm utilizes real-time manipulation of musical elements in order to continuously and dynamically represent visual...

40 chronic schizophrenic patients had their psychophysiological responses to 1 of 2 tension-arousing movies recorded. Following assignment to drug (thiordizane) or placebo status for 1 wk. they were retested on a similar film. The results were that the drug Ss showed a decrease in skin resistance and heart rate but not finger-pulse volume over their responses to the 1st showing while the placeb...

In recent times, information presentation has evolved towards sophisticated approaches that involve multi-modal aspects and character-based mediation. This paper presents a novel methodology for creating information presentations based on a dramatization of the content exposition in two respects. On one side, the author plots a character’s monologue that aims at achieving presentation goal and ...