The Feasibility of a Computer-Based Library Reference Interview

The feasibility of a computer-based library reference interview is forecasted through an analysis of the literature concerned with primary aspects of the library reference interview, concept formation, computer concept formation, computerization of reference service and the future of reference service. The state of the art is discussed in light of specific computer programs currently available for the automation of library reference service. Factors supporting and limiting the automation of library reference service are presented. Conclusions and recommendations are made for the realization of a computer-based library reference interview

The Cowl - v.79 - n.12 - Dec 4, 2014

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 79 - No. 12 - December 4, 2014. 24 pages

Picaresque picturesque

The paper explores Tecton’s Dudley Zoo in the context of the picturesque; and the reasons for which one might be interested in picturesque concept

Learning Adaptable Risk-Sensitive Policies to Coordinate in Multi-Agent General-Sum Games

In general-sum games, the interaction of self-interested learning agents commonly leads to socially worse outcomes, such as defect-defect in the iterated stag hunt (ISH). Previous works address this challenge by sharing rewards or shaping their opponents' learning process, which require too strong assumptions. In this paper, we demonstrate that agents trained to optimize expected returns are more likely to choose a safe action that leads to guaranteed but lower rewards. However, there typically exists a risky action that leads to higher rewards in the long run only if agents cooperate, e.g., cooperate-cooperate in ISH. To overcome this, we propose using action value distribution to characterize the decision's risk and corresponding potential payoffs. Specifically, we present Adaptable Risk-Sensitive Policy (ARSP). ARSP learns the distributions over agent's return and estimates a dynamic risk-seeking bonus to discover risky coordination strategies. Furthermore, to avoid overfitting training opponents, ARSP learns an auxiliary opponent modeling task to infer opponents' types and dynamically alter corresponding strategies during execution. Empirically, agents trained via ARSP can achieve stable coordination during training without accessing opponent's rewards or learning process, and can adapt to non-cooperative opponents during execution. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first method to learn coordination strategies between agents both in iterated prisoner's dilemma (IPD) and iterated stag hunt (ISH) without shaping opponents or rewards, and can adapt to opponents with distinct strategies during execution. Furthermore, we show that ARSP can be scaled to high-dimensional settings.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2205.1585

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INTELLIGENCE LEVEL AND THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND VISUAL MATERIALS

AbstractThis research was correlational research. The population consisted of the First Year of Nursing Department at SMK Darussalam Makassar with two classes of Nursing Department as sample. This research employed two kinds of instruments for collecting data. Data on students’ intelligence and their visual material comprehension were analyzed in percentage by using descriptive statistics persons’ product moment correlation and SPSS ver 15.0 for windows to find out whether or not there was correlation between the intelligence level and the ability to comprehend visual materials of SMK Darussalam Makassar. The result of the research showed that there was a significant correlation between the intelligence level and the ability to comprehend visual materials of SMK Darussalam Makassar, as the students categorized into positive category, students comprehension classified into good classification.  However, the data shows that the correlation between the intelligence level and the ability to comprehend visual materials exists. It was proved by the result of correlation analysis showing that score of r test was greater than r table value. Therefore, it can be interpreted that the research hypothesis is accepted.AbstractPenelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasional.Populasi dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari siswa kelas satu Jurusan Keperawatan di SMK Darussalam Makassar.Sampel terdiri dari dua kelas jurusan Keperawatan.Penelitian ini menggunakan dua jenis instrumen untuk mengumpulkan data.Data kecerdasan siswa dan pemahaman materi visual mereka dianalisis dalam persentase dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif korelasi product moment dan SPSS ver 15.0 for windows untuk mengetahui apakah ada atau tidak hubungan antara Tingkat Kecerdasan dan Kemampuan untuk Memahami Materi Visual SMK Darussalam Makassar. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara Tingkat Kecerdasan dan Kemampuan untuk Memahami Materi Visual siswa SMK Darussalam Makassardikategorikan positif serta pemahaman mereka diklasifikasikan baik. Namun, data menunjukkan bahwa korelasi antara Tingkat Kecerdasan dan Kemampuan untuk Memahami materi Visual ada meskipun posisi moderat.Hal ini terbukti dari hasil analisis korelasi menunjukkan bahwa skor tes-r lebih besar dari nilai tabel-r.Oleh karena itu dapat diartikan bahwa hipotesis penelitian diterima