5 Computer simulators of real world processes are often computationally expensive 6 and require many inputs. The problem of the computational expense can be handled 7 using emulation technology; however, highly-multidimensional input spaces may re8 quire more simulator runs to train and validate the emulator. We aim to reduce the 9 dimensionality of the problem by screening the simulator’s inpu...

Preamble My ÿeld is mathematical logic, with a special interest in constructivism, and I would not dare to call myself a computer scientist. But some computer scientists regard my work as a contribution to their ÿeld; and in this text I shall try to explain how this is possible, by taking a look at the history of ideas. I want to describe how two interrelated ideas, connected with the construct...

While graphical visualization has advanced our ability to understand large multi-dimensional data sets, some types of data are still diicult to convey visually. Combined visual/haptic computer interfaces may allow users to explore multi-dimensional data sets more naturally, where the human haptic sense involving touch, limb position, and muscle tension provides a complementary information chann...

The brain carries out tasks that are very demanding from 13 a computational perspective, apparently powered by a mere 20 Watts. 14 This fact has intrigued computer scientists for many decades, and is cur15 rently drawing many of them to the quest of acquiring a computational 16 understanding of the brain. Yet, at present there is no productive inter17 action of computer scientists with neurosci...

We argue that computation via quantum mechanical processes is irrelevant to explaining how brains produce thought, contrary to the ongoing speculations of many theorists. First, quantum effects do not have the temporal properties required for neural information processing. Second, there are substantial physical obstacles to any organic instantiation of quantum computation. Third, there is no ps...

Technological roadmapping (TR) emerged in the 70's as an interactive strategic planning process. Due to its relatively high costs, duration, mobilisation of human resources and know-how, its hitherto applications were attributed mainly to long-term strategy formation in large corporations and as a tool supporting policy making. This paper will show how to use modern information system technolog...

The current state-of-the-art in intelligent game design using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques is mainly focused on generating human-like and intelligent characters. Even though complex opponent behaviors emerge through various machine learning techniques, there is generally no further analysis of whether these behaviors contribute to the satisfaction of the player . The implicit hypothe...

There are four primary factors to consider in genetic selection strategies: 1) accuracy of selection, 2) selection intensity, 3) effective population size, and 4) mating system. Current theory indicates that optimum response to selection is achieved by maximizing the first three factors and using a mating systems that allows optimization of reproductive characteristics in dam lines and producti...

Chess research provides rich data for testing computational models of human memory. This paper presents a model which shares several common concepts with an earlier attempt (Simon & Gilmartin, 1973), but features several new attributes: dynamic short-term memory, recursive chunking, more sophisticated perceptual mechanisms and use of a retrieval structure (Chase & Ericsson, 1982). Simulations o...

Interconnection network is a decisive component of parallel and distributed computer systems. With the merits of simplicity and eciency, 2-dimensional (2-D) mesh has been a popular choice of large MIMD interconnection networks. Mesh, however, has its known weaknesses in scalability and connectivity. Packed Exponential Connections (PEC) is a newly proposed network which is designed to improve t...