A Semantic Memory Bank Assisted by an Embodied Conversational Agents for Mobile Devices
Francisco Seron,
Angel Zaldivar,
Alfonso Blesa,
Jose Martin-Albo,
Juan Magallon
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2021
Pages:
1-17
Received:
1 February 2021
Accepted:
8 February 2021
Published:
23 February 2021
Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes memory loss and interferes with intellectual abilities seriously. It has no current cure and therapeutic efficiency of current medication is limited. However, there is evidence that non-pharmacological treatments could be useful to stimulate cognitive abilities. In the last few year, several studies have focused on describing and under- standing how Virtual Coaches (VC) could be key drivers for health promotion in home care settings. The use of VC gains an augmented attention in the considerations of medical innovations. In this paper, we propose an approach that exploits semantic technologies and Embodied Conversational Agents to help patients training cognitive abilities using mobile devices. In this work, semantic technologies are used to provide knowledge about the memory of a specific person, who exploits the structured data stored in a linked data repository and take advantage of the flexibility provided by ontologies to define search domains and expand the agent’s capabilities. Our Memory Bank Embodied Conversational Agent (MBECA) is used to interact with the patient and ease the interaction with new devices. The framework is oriented to Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers, and therapists.
Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes memory loss and interferes with intellectual abilities seriously. It has no current cure and therapeutic efficiency of current medication is limited. However, there is evidence that non-pharmacological treatments could be useful to stimulate cognitive abilities. In the last few year, several stu...
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A Fuzzy-Network Analysis Approach for Modeling and Analyzing Team Dependencies in Product Development Projects
Messa Alhammadi,
Hamdi Bashir
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2021
Pages:
18-25
Received:
6 February 2021
Accepted:
11 March 2021
Published:
17 March 2021
Abstract: Developing a complex product in a concurrent engineering environment requires managing information flow among ten or even hundreds of people of different specialties organized in a large number of product development (PD) teams. Managing these teams effectively requires understanding the level of information dependencies among them which are often vague and cannot be precisely predicted. Taking into account the limitations of relevant previous studies, this article proposes a fuzzy-social network analysis approach for modeling and analyzing the information flow among PD teams. The approach involves four major steps: mapping of dependencies, measuring the level of information dependencies based on the fuzzy set theory, visualizing the network, and performing quantitative analysis using three measures (network density, in-degree centrality, and out-degree centrality). To validate its practicality, the approach is used to model and analyze the dependencies among 22 PD teams in a real project adapted from the literature and involved developing an automobile engine. An advantage of the approach is that in addition to providing a holistic view of the interactions among PD teams, it permits PD project managers to identity the most important PD teams with respect to information flow control using a proposed new classification system that classifies PD teams under four categories: autonomous, receivers, transmitters, and transceivers.
Abstract: Developing a complex product in a concurrent engineering environment requires managing information flow among ten or even hundreds of people of different specialties organized in a large number of product development (PD) teams. Managing these teams effectively requires understanding the level of information dependencies among them which are often ...
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Teaching Reformation of Ideological and Political Theory Courses Using PAD Class Mode in Colleges and Universities
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2021
Pages:
26-32
Received:
18 February 2021
Accepted:
16 March 2021
Published:
26 March 2021
Abstract: This article will explain what is PAD (Presentation, Assimilation, Discussion) Class and its ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities, through the three-part class teaching process, transforms the generative dynamic and autonomous reconstruction in the mutual "view" of theory and practice, so that college students can stand on the basis of the Marxist crowd and use Marxist methodology builds Marxist theory on the practice of the unity of knowledge, affection, will, action, and belief, and integrates the practice of unity of knowledge, affection, intention, action, and belief into Marxist theory. PAD class divides the class teaching process into three non-invertible processes: teaching, internalization and absorption, and discussion. The teaching, internalized absorption and discussion of the sub-class are quite different from the corresponding elements in the previous class teaching process, and the teaching, internalized absorption and discussion of the sub-class are all element innovations. The purpose of this paper is to draw the conclusion that each element on the class teaching process is the innovation and the teaching process as a whole, such integration innovation, through the dynamic generative independent construction, ideological and political theory course to realize the ideological and political education from passive to active, making the Marxist stand, methodology of Marxism and Marxism theory in college students' knowledge, affection, will, action, and belief, and integrates the practice of unity of knowledge, affection, intention, action, and belief into Marxist theory, is a new kind of teaching mode for the future, is worth us further practice and popularization.
Abstract: This article will explain what is PAD (Presentation, Assimilation, Discussion) Class and its ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities, through the three-part class teaching process, transforms the generative dynamic and autonomous reconstruction in the mutual "view" of theory and practice, so that college students can s...
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