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Lifted Variable Elimination for Probabilistic Logic Programming
Lifted inference has been proposed for various probabilistic logical
frameworks in order to compute the probability of queries in a time that
depends on the size of the domains of the random variables rather than the
number of instances. Even if various authors have underlined its importance for
probabilistic logic programming (PLP), lifted inference has been applied up to
now only to relational languages outside of logic programming. In this paper we
adapt Generalized Counting First Order Variable Elimination (GC-FOVE) to the
problem of computing the probability of queries to probabilistic logic programs
under the distribution semantics. In particular, we extend the Prolog Factor
Language (PFL) to include two new types of factors that are needed for
representing ProbLog programs. These factors take into account the existing
causal independence relationships among random variables and are managed by the
extension to variable elimination proposed by Zhang and Poole for dealing with
convergent variables and heterogeneous factors. Two new operators are added to
GC-FOVE for treating heterogeneous factors. The resulting algorithm, called
LP for Lifted Probabilistic Logic Programming, has been implemented by
modifying the PFL implementation of GC-FOVE and tested on three benchmarks for
lifted inference. A comparison with PITA and ProbLog2 shows the potential of
the approach.Comment: To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP). arXiv
admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1402.0565 by other author
Nationhood-as-Community: Teatro La Fragua's Liberating Honduran Theatre for the People and by the People
Does Democracy Translate Across Borders? Participatory Democracy and the New Left in Latin America: An Experimental Approach to Democratization
Introduction to the special issue on cross-language algorithms and applications
With the increasingly global nature of our everyday interactions, the need for multilingual technologies to support efficient and efective information access and communication cannot be overemphasized. Computational modeling of language has been the focus of
Natural Language Processing, a subdiscipline of Artificial Intelligence. One of the current challenges for this discipline is to design methodologies and algorithms that are cross-language in order to create multilingual technologies rapidly. The goal of this JAIR special
issue on Cross-Language Algorithms and Applications (CLAA) is to present leading research in this area, with emphasis on developing unifying themes that could lead to the development of the science of multi- and cross-lingualism. In this introduction, we provide the reader with the motivation for this special issue and summarize the contributions of the papers that have been included. The selected papers cover a broad range of cross-lingual technologies including machine translation, domain and language adaptation for sentiment
analysis, cross-language lexical resources, dependency parsing, information retrieval and knowledge representation. We anticipate that this special issue will serve as an invaluable resource for researchers interested in topics of cross-lingual natural language processing.Postprint (published version
The Irr and RirA proteins participate in a complex regulatory circuit and act in concert to modulate bacterioferritin expression in Ensifer meliloti 1021
In this work we found that the bfr gene of the rhizobial species Ensifer meliloti, encoding a bacterioferritin iron storage protein, is involved in iron homeostasis and the oxidative stress response. This gene is located downstream of and overlapping the smc03787 open reading frame (ORF). No well-predicted RirA or Irr boxes were found in the region immediately upstream of the bfr gene although two presumptive RirA boxes and one presumptive Irr box were present in the putative promoter of smc03787. We demonstrate that bfr gene expression is enhanced under iron-sufficient conditions and that Irr and RirA modulate this expression. The pattern of bfr gene expression as well as the response to Irr and RirA is inversely correlated to that of smc03787. Moreover, our results suggest that the small RNA SmelC759 participates in RirA- and Irr-mediated regulation of bfr expression and that additional unknown factors are involved in iron-dependent regulation.Fil: Costa, Daniela. Instituto de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas "Clemente Estable"; UruguayFil: Amarelle, Vanesa. Instituto de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas "Clemente Estable"; UruguayFil: Valverde, Claudio Fabián. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: O`Brian, Mark R.. State University of New York; Estados UnidosFil: Fabiano, Elena. Instituto de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas "Clemente Estable"; Urugua
The Virtual Health Sciences Library of the Balearic Islands: A regional project for libraries cooperation.
Virtual Health Sciences Library of the Balearic Islands (Bibliosalut) is a regional project carried out in collaboration with the Regional Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection and the Health Service of the Balearic Islands (Ib-salut), through the Balearic Islands Biomedical Documentation Service. The Virtual Library Mission is to facilitate the most important scientific information to the public health professionals of the Balearic Islands, by using the new information and communication technologies, in order to contribute to the improvement of medical care quality, teaching, research and health managemen
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