Showing papers by "Albion College published in 1994"
01 Mar 1994
TL;DR: French urban planning and politics has moved away from traditional spatial and social policy goals toward a new politics of local economic development as mentioned in this paper. And the roots of this transformation are found in...
Abstract: French urban planning and politics has moved away from traditional spatial and social policy goals toward a new politics of local economic development. The roots of this transformation are found in...
30 citations
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TL;DR: This paper explores some of the ideas via a prototype computational model of sentence processing called COMPERE, and proposes a set of psychological experiments for testing the theories.
Abstract: The development of models of human sentence processing has traditionally followed one of two paths. Either the model posited a sequence of processing modules, each with its own task-specific knowledge (e.g., syntax and semantics), or it posited a single processor utilizing different types of knowledge inextricably integrated into a monolithic knowledge base. Our previous work in modeling the sentence processor resulted in a model in which different processing modules used separate knowledge sources but operated in parallel to arrive at the interpretation of a sentence. One highlight of this model is that it offered an explanation of how the sentence processor might recover from an error in choosing the meaning of an ambiguous word. Recent experimental work by Laurie Stowe strongly suggests that the human sentence processor deals with syntactic error recovery using a mechanism very much like that proposed by our model of semantic error recovery. Another way to interpret Stowe's finding is this: the human sentence processor consists of a single unified processing module utilizing multiple independent knowledge sources in parallel. A sentence processor built upon this architecture should at times exhibit behavior associated with modular approaches, and at other times act like an integrated system. In this paper we explore some of these ideas via a prototype computational model of sentence processing called COMPERE, and propose a set of psychological experiments for testing our theories.
10 citations
TL;DR: For independent identically distributed random vectors, this paper gave necessary and sufficient probabilistic conditions for their common distribution to belong to the generalized domain of attraction of the multivariate normal law.
Abstract: For independent identically distributed random vectors,Xi, we give necessary and sufficient probabilistic conditions for their common distribution to belong to the Generalized Domain of Attraction of the multivariate normal law. The first condition says that after projecting onto any direction, θ, the sum of squares, ∑
1=1
〈Xi, θ〉2, properly normalized, converges to one in probability uniformly over the unit sphere. The second condition says that max 〈Xi, θ〉2/∑
n
=1
〈Xi, θ〉2 converges to zero in probability uniformly over the unit sphere.
9 citations
TL;DR: Eco-geographic characterizations and a key are presented for these three species of Miconia sect.
Abstract: Miconia santanana, which occurs in broad-leaved forests along streams of pineland habitats in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic, is described and illustrated. It is compared withM. ferruginea andM. adenocalyx, two presumed close relatives withinMiconia sect.Chaenopleura. Eco-geographic characterizations and a key are presented for these three species.
9 citations
TL;DR: O'Brien and O'Brien as discussed by the authors discuss the importance of the text in the context of stories save us and the usefulness of stories in saving the world from itself, in a collection of essays entitled "Can Stories save Us?"
Abstract: (1994). Can Stories save Us? Tim O'Brien and the Efficacy of the Text. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction: Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 2-15.
8 citations
30 Dec 1994-Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
TL;DR: In this paper, a technique for producing 58 Co positron sources for use in slow positron beams has been developed, which has been successfully tested at the μCi and mCi level.
Abstract: A technique for producing 58 Co positron sources for use in slow positron beams has been developed. The method has been successfully tested at the μCi and mCi level. Scaling up of the technique is under way to consistently produce 1–2 Ci sources from 60 g of irradiated nickel.
4 citations
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TL;DR: The authors argue that a hybrid approach which combines a unified processor with separate knowledge sources provides an explanation of both bodies of data, and demonstrate the feasibility of this approach with the computational model called COMPERE.
Abstract: Is the human language understander a collection of modular processes operating with relative autonomy, or is it a single integrated process? This ongoing debate has polarized the language processing community, with two fundamentally different types of model posited, and with each camp concluding that the other is wrong. One camp puts forth a model with separate processors and distinct knowledge sources to explain one body of data, and the other proposes a model with a single processor and a homogeneous, monolithic knowledge source to explain the other body of data. In this paper we argue that a hybrid approach which combines a unified processor with separate knowledge sources provides an explanation of both bodies of data, and we demonstrate the feasibility of this approach with the computational model called COMPERE. We believe that this approach brings the language processing community significantly closer to offering human-like language processing systems.