Feasibility report: Delivering case-study based learning using artificial intelligence and gaming technologies

This document describes an investigation into the technical feasibility of a game to support learning based on case studies. Information systems students using the game will conduct fact-finding interviews with virtual characters. We survey relevant technologies in computational linguistics and games. We assess the applicability of the various approaches and propose an architecture for the game based on existing techniques. We propose a phased development plan for the development of the game

THE DECLINING PRICE PARADOX OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

The declining prices of new technology products often results in a tendency for many decision makers to wait for lower prices, and to postpone a capital investment. This paper makes a distinction between the prices of technology elements and the prices of components and systems. There are many cases where the price reduction over time applies only to some elements of the system, while the total price of the improved system remains almost the same. For those cases, a DECLINING PRICE PARADOX is spelled out. The Paradox suggests that the more the price of the investment is subject to future reduction, the more urgent it is to invest in this technology. The paper incorporates learning considerations in the investment decision making, and states the conditions where the paradox applies.Information Systems Working Papers Serie

Can humain association norm evaluate latent semantic analysis?

This paper presents the comparison of word association norm created by a psycholinguistic experiment to association lists generated by algorithms operating on text corpora. We compare lists generated by Church and Hanks algorithm and lists generated by LSA algorithm. An argument is presented on how those automatically generated lists reflect real semantic relations