In this paper we describe the use of mental states, more specifically the BDI approach, to implement the process of affective diagnosis in an educational environment. We use the OCC model, which is based on the cognitive theory of emotions and is possible to be implemented computationally, in order to infer the learner’s emotions from his actions in the system interface. The BDI approach is ver...

Abstract This chapter introduces the basic information for need of strategic decision-making, including internal key organization, external information. Strategic decision makers are required to conduct analysis and have a deep understanding industry trend organization resources capabilities.

In our work, a robot can proactively ask for help when necessary, based on its awareness of its sensing and actuation limitations. Approaches in which humans provide help to robots do not necessarily reason about the human availability and accuracy. Instead, we model the availability of humans in the robot’s environment and present a planning approach that uses such model to generate the robot ...

Au – Cu nanoparticles are widely used as catalysts in different chemical reactions. Since knowing the phase diagram of nano-alloys is crucial for effective design nano-catalysts, there have been many efforts to predict size effect on system. However, reported results inconsistent and sometimes contradictory. In this work, a CALPHAD type thermodynamic model was applied recalculate binary alloy a...