scholarly journals Towards GFO 2.0: Architecture, Modules and Applications

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patryk Burek ◽  
Frank Loebe ◽  
Heinrich Herre
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Modular Architecture ◽  
Medical Computer ◽  
Systematic Development ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Systematic Development Process ◽  
Theoretical Results

The General Formal Ontology (GFO) is a top-level ontology that has been developed by the Onto-Med Research Group since the early 2000s. Since that time several new theoretical results have been achieved as well as numerous projects have utilized the ontology, especially in complex domains such as bioinformatics and medical computer science. This leads to the need for an up-to-date overview of GFO and access to its applications. This paper represents the first step towards introducing the GFO 2.0 framework, which aims at the integration of the work that is already present, but scattered in various publications, and its provision as a ready-to-use and reusable framework. For this purpose we summarize key features of GFO so far, outline a novel modular architecture and survey first modules for GFO 2.0, linking to applications. Finally, a rigorous and systematic development process is indicated.

scholarly journals A systematic development process for patient decision aids

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Coulter ◽  
Diana Stilwell ◽  
Jennifer Kryworuchko ◽  
Patricia Dolan Mullen ◽  
Chirk Jenn Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Decision Aids ◽  
Patient Decision Aids ◽  
Patient Decision ◽  
Systematic Development ◽  
Systematic Development Process

De-development Revisited: Palestinian Economy and Society Since Oslo

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Roy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The West ◽  
Physical Separation ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
West Bank And Gaza ◽  
Palestinian Economy ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Emerging Pattern

The years since the Oslo agreement have seen a marked deterioration in Palestinian economic life and an accelerated de-development process. The key features of this process have been heightened by the effects of closure, the defining economic feature of the post-Oslo period. Among its results are enclavization, seen in the physical separation of the West Bank and Gaza; the weakening of economic relations between the Palestinian and Israeli economies; and growing divisions within the Palestinian labor market, with the related, emerging pattern of economic autarky. In the circumstances described, the prospects for sustained economic development are nonexistent and will remain so as long as closure continues.

scholarly journals A New Asymptotic Notation: Weak Theta

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Andrei-Horia Mogoş ◽  
Bianca Mogoş ◽  
Adina Magda Florea
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Complexity Of Algorithms ◽  
Complexity Function ◽  
Theoretical Results

Algorithms represent one of the fundamental issues in computer science, while asymptotic notations are widely accepted as the main tool for estimating the complexity of algorithms. Over the years a certain number of asymptotic notations have been proposed. Each of these notations is based on the comparison of various complexity functions with a given complexity function. In this paper, we define a new asymptotic notation, called “Weak Theta,” that uses the comparison of various complexity functions with two given complexity functions. Weak Theta notation is especially useful in characterizing complexity functions whose behaviour is hard to be approximated using a single complexity function. In addition, in order to highlight the main particularities of Weak Theta, we propose and prove several theoretical results: properties of Weak Theta, criteria for comparing two complexity functions, and properties of a new set of complexity functions (also defined in the paper) based on Weak Theta. Furthermore, to illustrate the usefulness of our notation, we discuss an application of Weak Theta in artificial intelligence.

Simulations in orthopedics and rehabilitation – Part II: computer simulations

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Dygut ◽  
Piotr Piwowar ◽  
Maria Gołda ◽  
Krzysztof Popławski ◽  
Robert Jakubas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
Medical Computer ◽  
Manual Skills ◽  
Research And Education

AbstractSimulations in medicine have already become the mainstream trend in the field of research and education. It includes simulations on simulators through which students are afforded the opportunity to train manual skills as well as series of simulations that enable one to train not just motor and manual skills alone. Some of these offer the student the basis to train decision-making process and conduct experiments that visualize biological phenomena that are important from a doctor’s perspective. The authors have done a review of medical computer simulations and found that simulations in medicine focus, in respect of the issues raised, on techniques and computer science aspects. The first one is discussed in the paper “Simulations in orthopedics and rehabilitation – Part I: Simulators.” The second one is discussed in this paper. In the paper, the authors focus on computer simulations, in the broadest sense, presenting them while taking into consideration the distinction between simulations used for the following purposes: test (conducted under laboratory conditions), training (incorporated into school, universities syllabus), and diagnostic and therapeutic (within the hospital, clinics, private medical practice).

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