Creativity studies focus on the processes that produce creative artifacts and how we evaluate an artifact to determine if it is creative. This paper focuses on the essential criteria in evaluating if a potentially creative artifact is creative. Evaluating creativity is still largely subjective and not well supported with computational tools. An evaluation metric is presented as a way of measuri...

Many business process analysis models have been proposed, however there are few discussions for artifact usages in workflow specifications. A well-structured business process with sufficient resources might fail or yield unexpected results dynamically due to inaccurate artifact specification, e.g. an inconsistency between artifact and control flow, or contradictions between artifact operations....

This paper presents our artifact meta-models designed for facilitating artifact selection and composable simulation. In particular, meta-models incorporate function and form attributes to explicitly describe external characteristics and inter-connection requirements of artifacts. In addition, artifact meta-models are associated with behavior models, so that a user can choose artifacts with desi...

Statements on artifact mutability are considered a core component of design theories, but the understanding of this phenomenon is fragmented and limited. To mitigate this issue, we build a framework of artifact mutability that is structured into six generic dimensions: paradigmatic perspective, intentionality, drivers, scope, temporality, and artifact layers. We review existing design theories ...

In this paper, we propose a new concept for intelligence called Artifact Intelligence that can be another approach to realize intelligent robots. Artifact intelligence means intelligence for artifacts that fits its embodiment, i.e., structures and functions of artifacts. Artifact intelligence differs from natural intelligence in terms of intentionality and automated objects in autonomy. In orde...

We present a conceptual model of design science research artifacts. The model views an artifact at three levels. At the artifact level a selected artifact is viewed as a combination of material and immaterial aspects and a set of representations hereof. At the design level the selected artifact is viewed through its design in terms of descriptions, models, prototypes etc. At the knowledge level...

Artifact systems are a novel paradigm for specifying and implementing business processes described in terms of interacting modules called artifacts. Artifacts consist of data and lifecycle models, accounting for the relational structure of the artifact state and its possible evolutions over time. We consider the problem of verifying artifact systems against specifications expressed in quantifie...

Artifact functions have a decidedly practical character: We are interested in an artifact’s function so that we may use it to achieve our ends. The notion of instrumental functions has recently been introduced in order to emphasize the practical aspects of artifactual functions. In this chapter the normative aspects of instrumental functions are investigated, including both agent norms (concern...

Although human cognition often occurs during dynamic motor actions, most studies of human brain dynamics examine subjects in static seated or prone conditions. EEG signals have historically been considered to be too noise prone to allow recording of brain dynamics during human locomotion. Here we applied a channel-based artifact template regression procedure and a subsequent spatial filtering a...

A case of hot spots observed on perfusion lung images is presented. This artifact is well known, however, it is rarely seen in our experience. Although this artifact can occur if a faulty injection technique is used, the artifact also may be caused by embolization of the MAA in the upper extremity venous blood after injection. This cause of the artifact is beyond the control of the nuclear medi...