for researchers to further explore rule-based tagging, searching for a better and more expressive set of rule templates and other variations on the simple but effective theme described below.

long time, ‘variational ’ problems have been identified mostly with the ‘calculus of variations’. In that venerable subject, built around the minimization of integral functionals, constraints were relatively simple and much of the focus was on infinite-dimensional function spaces. A major theme

was conducted by using NVivo 9 software which resulted in six extracted themes. The themes of leadership and communication explored how end users feel about leadership support. The theme, trusting computer users to manage simple updates, explored how end users felt about having a lack of control over managing

to answer whether BPM research in Information Systems (IS) has yet embraced and explored the concept of collaboration. We find that collaborative BPM is a growing trend in IS research, but that there still exist significant research gaps. Therefore, we propose a research agenda that points at potentially

In this paper we investigate the nature of the organizational boundary in the context of organizational learning. Using the Organizational Learning Systems Model (OLSM (Schwandt, 1997) and building upon computational organization theory (Carley & Prietula, 1994b) we precisely define boundary permeability and decompose it into constituent parts: information gathering efficiency, search intensity and knowledge diffusion effectiveness. Hypotheses are developed and tested using data from 5,500 artificial organizations. We find strong support for the usefulness of boundary permeability as a predictor of organizational learning and agent survival and suggest ways to operationalize this construct in future laboratory and field studies. The recent collapse of the internet bubble highlights the importance of remaining in tune with the environment during times of rapid change. In the context of organizational learning research (Schwandt & Marquardt, 2000), we examine information flow through an organization’s boundary and its impact on the organization’s survivability. As a mechanism for studying emergent structures in complex social systems, we computationally model a nonlinear application of structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) as a mechanism for

Successful approaches to media literacy can take many forms in contemporary classrooms. For English teachers, who are required to assign a book or “cover ” a novel for curricular reasons, the question arises: how do we do this, how do we make a classic relevant, how do we pull the significant points from a time-worn text and meet the objectives of the curriculum? How do we connect literary analysis and media literacy? The answer, I believe, lies in the ability of students, with the guidance and support of their teacher, to appreciate how works of literature are situated in the context of history, psychology and current events. By using media texts and technologies, we can present works of classic and contemporary literature with clarity and relevance.

in images. This theme of relating simple cell properties with the statistics of natural images was explored extensively by Field (1987, 1994). He proposed that the cells are optimized specifically for coding natural images. He argued that one possibility for such a code, sparse coding...

3.2. Exploring and enhancing input/output interaction space 3 3.2.1. Real-time acquisition and signal processing 4 3.2.2. Restitution and perceptive feedback 4 3.2.3. Creation of new systems 5

application that provides visualization, exploration and analysis tech-niques for foam research. 1

The changing nature of Blakely Harbor Exploring the natural and cultural history of a unique Puget Sound harbor. Note: Interpretive content described hereunder will be amended, expanded or reduced, and submitted for review in draft form and final copy during subsequent phases of the project. ENTRY