This paper presents a theory of informative communications among agents that allows a speaker to communicate to a hearer truths about the state of the world; the occurrence of events, including other communicative acts; and the knowledge states of any agent — speaker, hearer, or third parties — any of these in the past, present, or future — and any logical combination of these, including formul...

CRISPR-Cas loci encode for an adaptive immune system in prokaryotes that provides defense against viruses (1) and plasmids (2) that infect these organisms. CRISPR loci contain a series of repetitive sequences intercalated with short sequences derived from invading viruses and plasmids (3–5). These short sequences, called spacers, are acquired from the invader upon infection during an “immunizat...

Interpretation of emotional context is a pivotal aspect of understanding social situations. A critical component of this process is assessment of danger levels in the surrounding, which may have a direct effect on the organism's survival. The limbic system has been implicated in mediating this assessment. In situations of uncertainty, the evaluation process may also call for greater involvement...

Cultural theory has evolved over the past 20 years to become an important framework for understanding how groups in society interpret danger and build trust or distrust in institutions creating and regulating risk. This paper examines the theoretical roots of cultural theory, traces its passage in the risk literature, and explores its value in current risk management issues. It concludes that c...

This paper presents a theory of informative communications among agents that allows a speaker to communicate to a hearer truths about the state of the world; the occurrence of events, including other communicative acts; and the knowledge states of any agent — speaker, hearer, or third parties — any of these in the past, present, or future — and any logical combination of these, including formul...

The Biological Immune System is a remarkable information processing and self-learning system that offers stimulation to build Artificial Immune System (AIS).During the last two decades, the field of AIS is progressing slowly and steadily as a branch of Computational Intelligence (CI). At present the AIS algorithms such as Negative Selection Theory, Clonal Selection Theory, Immune Networks Theor...

| This paper describes the work currently developed at Heudiasyc and Liia within the Pro-Lab II demonstrator. This project started with the second phase of the European Prometheus/Pro-Art program. Its purpose is to develop an electronic co-pilot to assist the human driver. The global software architecture of the demonstrator, presented in 3], is structured in three main modules: perception , de...