This paper reviews research on multi-lingual conversational systems conducted during the five-year collaboration between NTT and mit. It describes the development of Mokusei, a telephone-based Japanese conversational ...
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This paper reviews research on multi-lingual conversational systems conducted during the five-year collaboration between NTT and mit. It describes the development of Mokusei, a telephone-based Japanese conversational system in the weather domain, and Japanese SpeechBuilder, a toolkit that enables nonexperts to build Japanese conversational systems. Both are based on the Galaxy conversational systems architecture. The experience gained by developing these systems demonstrates that the Galaxy architecture is a viable framework for multi-lingual conversational system research.
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Jackson, DanielSoftware Design Group
Laboratory for Computer Science Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT 200 Technology Square CambridgeMA02139 United States
Alloy is a lightweight language for software modelling. It’s designed to be flexible and expressive, and yet amenable to fully automatic simulation and checking. At its core, Alloy is a simple first order logic exten...
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In this paper, the authors point out various factors which should be taken into consideration when assessing market power in the evolving electricity markets. Of particular interest are the effects of the electricity ...
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(纸本)0780373227
In this paper, the authors point out various factors which should be taken into consideration when assessing market power in the evolving electricity markets. Of particular interest are the effects of the electricity market design rules, type of software employed when computing electricity clearing price, and the generation technology-specific costs, such as start up and shut down costs. In this paper, they propose a method of estimating a benchmark price which accounts for these factors unique to electricity markets; when assessing market power the actual price is compared to this benchmark price. The pros and cons of assessing market power using such aggregate benchmark price and/or more direct analysis of individual bids are illustrated using the New England market data.
The mit approach to 3D VLSI integration is based on low-temperature Cu-Cu wafer bonding. Device wafers are bonded in a face-to-back manner, with short vertical vias and Cu-Cu pads as the inter-wafer throughway. In our...
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(纸本)0769515614
The mit approach to 3D VLSI integration is based on low-temperature Cu-Cu wafer bonding. Device wafers are bonded in a face-to-back manner, with short vertical vias and Cu-Cu pads as the inter-wafer throughway. In our scheme, there are several reliability criteria, which include: (a) structural integrity of the Cu-Cu bond; (b) Cu-Cu contact electrical characteristics; and (c) process flow efficiency and repeatability. In addition, CAD tools are needed to aid in design and layout of 3DICs. This paper discusses recent results in all these areas.
The design of wholesale electricity markets through deregulation has focused almost exclusively on the development of competitive supply (generation). The demand side of the market has been virtually ignored. Mostly, ...
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(纸本)0780373227
The design of wholesale electricity markets through deregulation has focused almost exclusively on the development of competitive supply (generation). The demand side of the market has been virtually ignored. Mostly, this is due to the assumption that electricity demand is almost completely inelastic. As a result, deregulated wholesale markets universally fail to pass price signals down to the end-users. This paper challenges the assumption of inelastic demand by exploring the potential benefits of implementing a simple load control scheme. This load control scheme allows consumers to shift demand from high priced hours to low priced hours during the day. The benefits to the individual consumer are explored through an example applied to residential air conditioning using price and demand data from California. This example shows that "smart" use of air conditioning can lead to great savings for residential consumers, without sacrificing comfort. The potential for multiple consumers implementing load control to reduce wholesale prices is also examined.
An interactive narrative is a story that is shaped by digital technology and that allows the dynamic presentation of scenes or sequences based on input from the user. In this paper we present a new foundation for inte...
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An interactive narrative is a story that is shaped by digital technology and that allows the dynamic presentation of scenes or sequences based on input from the user. In this paper we present a new foundation for interactive storytelling that allows a mobile user to interact with a story. The user is placed at the center of the story and the story comes to the user in transit. The behavior and actions of the user influence the scenes and sequences of the story the user experiences. The framework for this system is an ad-hoc network. Ad-hoc networks allow localized presentation of story elements to users who are in transit and able to receive story elements on a mobile device. Furthermore ad-hoc networks have the capability to be context-aware and respond to the physical and social context of the user both on an individual and group level. This mobile context-aware story form is a powerful format in the fields of education and entertainment. It allows the story to be connected with the surrounding environment and it allows the user to see cause and effect of individual and group behavior. In this paper we present an ad-hoc network story system and examine a case study of its use for a prototype mobile context-aware story.
In this paper we present the recent technological development of optical coherence tomography (OCT). We also discuss the potential clinical applications of OCT for diagnosing pathological changes in different organs a...
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In this paper we present the recent technological development of optical coherence tomography (OCT). We also discuss the potential clinical applications of OCT for diagnosing pathological changes in different organs and systems.
A high-resolution accelerometer with a bulk-micromachined silicon proof mass and an interferometric position sensor was developed for measuring vibratory accelerations. The interferometer consists of interdigitated ri...
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A high-resolution accelerometer with a bulk-micromachined silicon proof mass and an interferometric position sensor was developed for measuring vibratory accelerations. The interferometer consists of interdigitated ringers that are alternately attached to the proof mass and support substrate. Illuminating the fingers with coherent light generates a series of diffracted beams. The intensity of a given beam depends on the out-of-plane separation between the proof mass fingers and support fingers. Proof masses with mechanical resonances ranging from 80 Hz to 1 kHz were fabricated with a two mask process involving two deep reactive ion etches, an oxide etch stop, and a polyimide protective layer. The structures were packaged with a laser diode and photodiode into 8.6-cm/sup 3/ acrylic housings. The 80-Hz resonant proof mass has a noise equivalent acceleration of 40 ng/rt Hz and a dynamic range of 85 dB at 40 Hz.
This paper presents a fast approach in the method of moments(MoM) analysis so as to obtain the non-uniform current distributions of cylindrical antennas with electrically large *** oblique incident field in its genera...
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(纸本)078037486X
This paper presents a fast approach in the method of moments(MoM) analysis so as to obtain the non-uniform current distributions of cylindrical antennas with electrically large *** oblique incident field in its general form and a delta-gap source are considered in the formulation of non-uniform current distributions. In the Galerkin's MoM procedure,the Fourier cosine series is considered as the entire domain basis function *** this formulation,the kernel is represented by a series of weighted spherical Hankel functions of the second kind and the convergence of this series is *** the result,the computation time is *** package is used to obtain and plot the current distributions along the cylindrical antennas.
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