Algorithms and Interoperability between Drama and Artificial Intelligence

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Pizzo ◽  
Vincenzo Lombardo ◽  
Rossana Damiano
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
Contemporary Performance ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control

Computation has played a notable role in contemporary performance, a trend that has paired with the emersion of intermediality. A look at a few historical examples along with an evaluation of more recent research suggests that the notion of algorithm may provide a new approach to the dichotomy between media and performance. From the systems that aim to facilitate the interoperability of content in performance to the seminal distinction between content structures and control structures, it is possible to foresee a new perspective on the relation between algorithms and drama.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF TRUST IN RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 845-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhai Meng
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
New Approach ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
And Control

The importance of inter-organizational trust to project success has been increasingly highlighted in the construction industry. This study aims to explore the role of trust between project parties. It adopts a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Based on the analysis of the responses of a questionnaire survey, trust is demonstrated to have a significant contribution to the development of cooperative or collaborative relationships; fostering trust proves to have a major influence on the improvement of project performance; and some relationship and performance indicators are found to have closer associations with trust than others so that trust is more important to the development of relationship and the improvement of performance in these aspects. The analysis of questionnaire responses also provides significant evidence for the reduction in monitoring and control following the increase of mutual trust. The questionnaire survey is followed by a series of expert interviews, both of which contribute to the establishment of a model that links trust with relationship and performance and distinguishes the new approach that is based on trust from the traditional mechanism that relies on monitoring and control.

scholarly journals Ownership, control, valuation and performance of Brazilian corporations

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 300-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Luiz Carvalhal da Silva ◽  
Ricardo Pereira Câmara Leal
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Control Structure ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Firm Valuation ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
Controlling Shareholders ◽  
Indirect Control ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Cash Flow Rights ◽  
And Control

This paper analyzes the ownership and control structure of Brazilian companies and the effect of cash flow and voting rights on firm valuation and performance. Ownership is quite concentrated in Brazil with most companies being controlled by a single direct shareholder. We find evidence that non-voting shares and indirect control structures are largely used to concentrate control with reduced overall investment in the company. Our results support the hypothesis that firm valuation and performance are positively related to cash flow concentration, and negatively related to voting concentration and to the separation of voting from cash flow rights. Moreover, firm valuation and performance are relatively higher for firms with controlling shareholders when compared to firms without controlling shareholders.

scholarly journals Minimize Project Risk and Costs: A New Approach to Project Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Alfredo Rivera ◽  
Dean Kashiwagi
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
State University ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Deductive Logic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control

Traditional project management (PM) results have been poor. The practices of direction and control have been identified by deductive logic as problematic. Deductive logic identifies that, if a manager directs and controls, their risk goes up and performance will go down. A new approach to PM is the replacement of technical expertise with the identification and utilization of expertise. New components of this approach are the minimization of the need to think and make decisions, the use of the language of metrics, a new definition of risk, and the use of preplanning that includes the utilization of expertise and focusing on the mitigation of risk that the expert does not control. This approach has been tested by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction Working Commission (CIB W117, formerly known as the Performance Based Studies Research Group at Arizona State University) for the past 25 years increasing customer satisfaction to 98% and minimizing cost by 5 to 30%. These practices are a part of the “PM of the Future.”

TRANSFORMING RECURSIVE PROCESSES INTO EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS: CALL-GRAPH CACHING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

1992 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 137-174
Author(s):  
MARK W. PERLIN
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Efficient Algorithms ◽  
Ai Planning ◽  
Computational Process ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
Call Graph ◽  
Present Call ◽  
Recursive Constructions ◽  
And Control

There are a large number of highly complex, apparently disparate, Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms for planning and learning. These entail the (often tedious) construction of specialized data and control structures. In this article, we present Call-Graph Caching (CGC) as an organizing principle for many of these methods. CGC is the preservation of the trace of a computational process for subsequent reuse; CGC allows the operation of highly efficient, but unintuitive, AI algorithms to be recast as far simpler recursive processes. Thus, we shall describe simple recursive constructions that, together with CGC, provide new motivations and derivations of certain classical AI planning and learning algorithms.

The role of copper ions in hydrogen peroxide bleaching: Their origin, removal, and effect on pulp quality

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO E.G. LOUREIRO ◽  
SANDRINE DUARTE ◽  
DMITRY V. EVTUGUIN ◽  
M. GRAÇA V.S. CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Copper Ions ◽  
Peroxide Bleaching ◽  
Metals Removal ◽  
Peroxide Decomposition ◽  
Equipment Corrosion ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Main Effects

This study puts particular emphasis on the role of copper ions in the performance of hydrogen peroxide bleaching (P-stage). Owing to their variable levels across the bleaching line due to washing filtrates, bleaching reagents, and equipment corrosion, these ions can play a major role in hydrogen peroxide decomposition and be detrimental to polysaccharide integrity. In this study, a Cu-contaminated D0(EOP)D1 prebleached pulp was subjected to an acidic washing (A-stage) or chelation (Q-stage) before the alkaline P-stage. The objective was to understand the isolated and combined role of copper ions in peroxide bleaching performance. By applying an experimental design, it was possible to identify the main effects of the pretreatment variables on the extent of metals removal and performance of the P-stage. The acid treatment was unsuccessful in terms of complete copper removal, magnesium preservation, and control of hydrogen peroxide consumption in the following P-stage. Increasing reaction temperature and time of the acidic A-stage improved the brightness stability of the D0(EOP)D1AP bleached pulp. The optimum conditions for chelation pretreatment to maximize the brightness gains obtained in the subsequent P-stage with the lowest peroxide consumption were 0.4% diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), 80ºC, and 4.5 pH.

Music of Tragedy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi A. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Late Work ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Dramatic Action ◽  
Instrumental Accompaniment ◽  
And Performance

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Drawing on the ancient conception of mousikē, in which words, song, dance, and instrumental accompaniment were closely linked, Naomi Weiss emphasizes the interplay of performance and imagination—the connection between the chorus’s own live singing and dancing in the theater and the images of music-making that frequently appear in their songs. Through detailed readings of four plays, she argues that the mousikē referred to and imagined in these plays is central to the progression of the dramatic action and to ancient audiences’ experiences of tragedy itself. She situates Euripides’s experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousikē within a broader cultural context, and in doing so, she shows how he both continues the practices of his tragic predecessors and also departs from them, reinventing traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage.

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