Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
... some of its properties (rule-based, low computational complexity) make it particularly appropriate for this domain. This work has produced two prototype systems: DR-Prolog [6], which is written in Prolog, and DR-DEVICE [15], written on top of a deductive rule system (see more details in section 8). ...
... some of its properties (rule-based, low computational complexity) make it particularly appropriate for this domain. This work has produced two prototype systems: DR-Prolog [6], which is written in Prolog, and DR-DEVICE [15], written on top of a deductive rule system (see more details in section 8). ...
Sensory Pathways
... sense of taste, are found in specialized epithelial cells that form synapses with neurons (Figure 1b). Regardless of cell type, a stimulus causes ion channels to open or close, which in turn causes the membrane to depolarize or hyperpolarize. If the membrane depolarizes enough, an action potential i ...
... sense of taste, are found in specialized epithelial cells that form synapses with neurons (Figure 1b). Regardless of cell type, a stimulus causes ion channels to open or close, which in turn causes the membrane to depolarize or hyperpolarize. If the membrane depolarizes enough, an action potential i ...
Information transmission and recovery in neural communications
... systems the precise timing of the spikes also plays a significant role in the communication process 关12,13兴. Moreover, it is not clear at all if the information processing is always performed by single neurons or if population coding is needed. It is possible that both types of coding are present in ...
... systems the precise timing of the spikes also plays a significant role in the communication process 关12,13兴. Moreover, it is not clear at all if the information processing is always performed by single neurons or if population coding is needed. It is possible that both types of coding are present in ...
Erin Hardie
... academically be considered average (7). This explains how our patient lived 31 years without a diagnosis. However, most patients have the congenital form and are discovered at birth with approximately 1 in 500 children having this diagnosis (6). These infants exhibit an increase in head circumferenc ...
... academically be considered average (7). This explains how our patient lived 31 years without a diagnosis. However, most patients have the congenital form and are discovered at birth with approximately 1 in 500 children having this diagnosis (6). These infants exhibit an increase in head circumferenc ...
Document
... in the same position, with stimuli moved to different positions on it. The nine stimulus locations are arranged in a square grid across the background, where the grid spacings are 32 pixels horizontally or vertically. Before images are presented to VisNet’s input layer they are preprocessed by a set ...
... in the same position, with stimuli moved to different positions on it. The nine stimulus locations are arranged in a square grid across the background, where the grid spacings are 32 pixels horizontally or vertically. Before images are presented to VisNet’s input layer they are preprocessed by a set ...
West Virginia University
... definitions of science, truth, and causation that can be applied to distinguish among competing conceptualizations. In contrast, my position is that paradigms, including their epistemological foundations, can be sorted according to the relative effectiveness of the practical behavior that they infor ...
... definitions of science, truth, and causation that can be applied to distinguish among competing conceptualizations. In contrast, my position is that paradigms, including their epistemological foundations, can be sorted according to the relative effectiveness of the practical behavior that they infor ...
Final Year Project Proposals (Academic Year 2016-17)
... beings is unique. Even the retinas of identical twins have different pattern. This property makes it ideal for retinal images to be used in biometric systems for the identification of persons. The goal of this project is to develop a person identification system based on the matching of retinal imag ...
... beings is unique. Even the retinas of identical twins have different pattern. This property makes it ideal for retinal images to be used in biometric systems for the identification of persons. The goal of this project is to develop a person identification system based on the matching of retinal imag ...
The major synthetic evolutionary transitions
... to include natural selection theory as an essential piece of any theory of evolution. However, as pointed by several authors, the structure of Neodarwinian thinking is grounded in the dynamics of alleles, individuals and populations, thus implicitly assuming that the entities under consideration are ...
... to include natural selection theory as an essential piece of any theory of evolution. However, as pointed by several authors, the structure of Neodarwinian thinking is grounded in the dynamics of alleles, individuals and populations, thus implicitly assuming that the entities under consideration are ...
Autonomous Learning of User's Preferences improved through User Feedback
... Learning and Human-Computer Interaction have risen independently from AmI environments. Here we analyze each area separately and in later sections we show how they are amalgamated in our system to provide an essential feature of AmI systems. Learning is a essential feature in any AmI system. However ...
... Learning and Human-Computer Interaction have risen independently from AmI environments. Here we analyze each area separately and in later sections we show how they are amalgamated in our system to provide an essential feature of AmI systems. Learning is a essential feature in any AmI system. However ...
Evolution of the Size and Functional Areas of the Human Brain
... The evolution of the human brain has been one of the most significant events in the evolution of life. Although the outline of how and why this happened is being filled in, many fundamental questions remain to be answered. The fossil record, in concert with a comparative neuroanatomical analysis of cl ...
... The evolution of the human brain has been one of the most significant events in the evolution of life. Although the outline of how and why this happened is being filled in, many fundamental questions remain to be answered. The fossil record, in concert with a comparative neuroanatomical analysis of cl ...
mwr-paper.pdf
... “natural” form (e.g., geographical data or text given in natural language). In general, a formal abstraction of the domain being modeled is created which is simple enough to be processed on a computer, but still produces an adequate model of the original information. By evaluating the shortcomings o ...
... “natural” form (e.g., geographical data or text given in natural language). In general, a formal abstraction of the domain being modeled is created which is simple enough to be processed on a computer, but still produces an adequate model of the original information. By evaluating the shortcomings o ...
Algorithmic Specified Complexity in the Game of Life
... would be improbable regardless of whether the configuration had any functionality whatsoever. For this reason, neither Shannon nor KCS information models are capable of directly measuring meaning. Functional machines are specified—they follow some independent pattern. When something is both improbab ...
... would be improbable regardless of whether the configuration had any functionality whatsoever. For this reason, neither Shannon nor KCS information models are capable of directly measuring meaning. Functional machines are specified—they follow some independent pattern. When something is both improbab ...
Why are brain pathways
... depolarize the sensory neuron) • Adequate Stimulus (the form of energy to which a particular sensory cell is most sensitive - light, touch, sound, etc.) • Law of specific nerve energies (depolarization of neurons in a pathway is interpreted as a particular form of stimulation - pressure to the eyes ...
... depolarize the sensory neuron) • Adequate Stimulus (the form of energy to which a particular sensory cell is most sensitive - light, touch, sound, etc.) • Law of specific nerve energies (depolarization of neurons in a pathway is interpreted as a particular form of stimulation - pressure to the eyes ...
The knowledge level - Research Showcase @ CMU
... effort is premature. Only muddling can happen for the next while - until more evidence accumulates or conceptions ripen elsewhere in AI to make evident patterns that now seem only one possibility among many. Work should be left to those already cpmmitted to the area; the rest of us should make progr ...
... effort is premature. Only muddling can happen for the next while - until more evidence accumulates or conceptions ripen elsewhere in AI to make evident patterns that now seem only one possibility among many. Work should be left to those already cpmmitted to the area; the rest of us should make progr ...
2/ the biological perspective - test bank and solution manual for your
... Neural Plasticity and Neurogenesis Neural Plasticity – changes in the brain in response to an organism’s experiences. o Rosenzweig’s (1984) classic research on “enriched” environments (versus impoverished environments) revealed that the rats living in the enriched environments generated larger neu ...
... Neural Plasticity and Neurogenesis Neural Plasticity – changes in the brain in response to an organism’s experiences. o Rosenzweig’s (1984) classic research on “enriched” environments (versus impoverished environments) revealed that the rats living in the enriched environments generated larger neu ...
2/ the biological perspective - College Test bank
... Neural Plasticity and Neurogenesis Neural Plasticity – changes in the brain in response to an organism’s experiences. o Rosenzweig’s (1984) classic research on “enriched” environments (versus impoverished environments) revealed that the rats living in the enriched environments generated larger neu ...
... Neural Plasticity and Neurogenesis Neural Plasticity – changes in the brain in response to an organism’s experiences. o Rosenzweig’s (1984) classic research on “enriched” environments (versus impoverished environments) revealed that the rats living in the enriched environments generated larger neu ...
Artificial Intelligence Winter 2004
... We distinguish vagueness which has an objective origin from vagueness which has a mainly subjective character. In an objective situation there is an agreement which has a formal character and a model to which one can refer refer. The informal notion than has a formal original. E.g. “high fever” ...
... We distinguish vagueness which has an objective origin from vagueness which has a mainly subjective character. In an objective situation there is an agreement which has a formal character and a model to which one can refer refer. The informal notion than has a formal original. E.g. “high fever” ...
PERSPECTIVES
... the STS harbours a rostrally located region — the STSa — where neurons discharge when the monkey observes biological actions4,15–17. Some of the movements effective in eliciting responses were walking, turning the head, bending the torso and moving the arms. A small set of neurons discharged during ...
... the STS harbours a rostrally located region — the STSa — where neurons discharge when the monkey observes biological actions4,15–17. Some of the movements effective in eliciting responses were walking, turning the head, bending the torso and moving the arms. A small set of neurons discharged during ...
chelazzi et al 2012 - Emergent Attention Lab
... Based on its remarkable flexibility, the ultimate role of visual selective attention is that of providing behavioral planning processes with the most efficient and relevant representation of the outer world (see e.g., Gottlieb, 2012, for an interesting discussion on this general point). Access to the ...
... Based on its remarkable flexibility, the ultimate role of visual selective attention is that of providing behavioral planning processes with the most efficient and relevant representation of the outer world (see e.g., Gottlieb, 2012, for an interesting discussion on this general point). Access to the ...
Business Information Systems
... a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks. Examples of transactional information include purchasing stocks, making an airline reservation, or withdrawing cash from an ATM. Organizations use transactional information whe ...
... a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks. Examples of transactional information include purchasing stocks, making an airline reservation, or withdrawing cash from an ATM. Organizations use transactional information whe ...
Words and pictures in the left fusiform gyrus
... The existence of a cerebral area solely dedicated to processing of abstract letter or word forms, as well as the suggested name, has been challenged both on theoretical and empirical grounds (Price and Devlin, 2003, 2004), and it is still not clear which role this area might play in recognition of w ...
... The existence of a cerebral area solely dedicated to processing of abstract letter or word forms, as well as the suggested name, has been challenged both on theoretical and empirical grounds (Price and Devlin, 2003, 2004), and it is still not clear which role this area might play in recognition of w ...
Network structure underlying resolution of conflicting non
... regions were calculated as enhanced functional interaction during V resolution trials than NV resolution trials. The individual results were submitted to a random-effects group analysis using one-sample t-tests. We evaluated PPIs for all the possible connections among each set of regions, and estima ...
... regions were calculated as enhanced functional interaction during V resolution trials than NV resolution trials. The individual results were submitted to a random-effects group analysis using one-sample t-tests. We evaluated PPIs for all the possible connections among each set of regions, and estima ...
Ominous odors: olfactory control of instinctive fear and aggression in
... odorants are known, such as male mouse urine or predator excretions, the identities of most of the bioactive ligands remain unidentified. The ability of these cues to evoke aggressive and fearful responses across individuals without previous experience and learning indicates that the underlying neur ...
... odorants are known, such as male mouse urine or predator excretions, the identities of most of the bioactive ligands remain unidentified. The ability of these cues to evoke aggressive and fearful responses across individuals without previous experience and learning indicates that the underlying neur ...