A Model of Emotion as Patterned Metacontrol

Adaptive systems use feedback as a key strategy to cope with uncertainty and change in their environments. The information fed back from the sensorimotor loop into the control architecture can be used to change different elements of the controller at four different levels: parameters of the control model, the control model itself, the functional organization of the agent and the functional components of the agent. The complexity of such a space of potential configurations is daunting. The only viable alternative for the agent ?in practical, economical, evolutionary terms? is the reduction of the dimensionality of the configuration space. This reduction is achieved both by functionalisation —or, to be more precise, by interface minimization— and by patterning, i.e. the selection among a predefined set of organisational configurations. This last analysis let us state the central problem of how autonomy emerges from the integration of the cognitive, emotional and autonomic systems in strict functional terms: autonomy is achieved by the closure of functional dependency. In this paper we will show a general model of how the emotional biological systems operate following this theoretical analysis and how this model is also of applicability to a wide spectrum of artificial systems

Consciousness, Meaning and the Future Phenomenology

Phenomenological states are generally considered sources of intrinsic motivation for autonomous biological agents. In this paper we will address the issue of exploiting these states for robust goal-directed systems. We will provide an analysis of consciousness in terms of a precise definition of how an agent “understands” the informational flows entering the agent. This model of consciousness and understanding is based in the analysis and evaluation of phenomenological states along potential trajectories in the phase space of the agents. This implies that a possible strategy to follow in order to build autonomous but useful systems is to embed them with the particular, ad-hoc phenomenology that captures the requirements that define the system usefulness from a requirements-strict engineering viewpoint

Economic Partnership Agreement Mexico - Japan : analysis of trade creation and trade diversion 1999-2013

This document seeks to make an empirical analysis of the effects of the Economic Partnership Agreement between Mexico and Japan (EPAMJ) regarding trade creation and trade diversion. Trade flows between 23 countries for the period 1999 to 2013 are employed. The methodology is an ex post model that estimates trade creation or trade diversion using the gravitational equation. The results suggest that since its entry into force the EPAMJ has created trade for both nations. No evidence of trade diversion is found as results indicate that the EPAMJ has increased Mexico and Japan\u27s trade with the other countries analyzed

From transfers to capital: analyzing the Spanish demand for wealth using NTA

Inter- and intra-family transfers are a very important part of our daily economic activity. These transfers, whether familial or public, may influence our economic decisions to the same extent that financial markets do. In this paper, we seek to understand how the Spanish stock of capital will evolve if the set of intergenerational transfers observed in year 2000 are maintained in the future. With that aim in mind, we have implemented a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with realistic public and familial transfers drawn from the National Transfer Accounts project (NTA). Given that familial transfers go from parents to children, and public transfers go from children to parents, we show that the Spanish baby boom and baby bust will make the second demographic dividend temporary, and that welfare will be reduced from 2040 onwards.Spain, demographic ageing, economic demography, economic growth

Formulación e implementación de la cédula única de autocontrol en el proceso de integración, actualización y resguardo de los expedientes únicos de personal del Instituto de Salud del Estado de México

Esta compuesto por cuatro capitulos, en el primero trata sobre la teoria de las organizaciones, el segundo capitulo habla sobre la estructura del Sector Salud en el Gobierno del Estado de México, en el tercer capitulo se hace un análisis sobre la Organización y funcionamiento de la Subdirección de Recursos Humanos del Instituto de Salud del Estado de México, por ultimo en el capitulo cuatro se realiza un análisis del Proceso, Integración y Actualización de los Expedientes de Personal Resguardados en la Subdirección de Recursos Humanos del Instituto de Salud del Estado de México”, refiriéndonos a la Unidad Administrativa “Archivo General de Expedientes de Personal del ISEM

Emotions and the Engineering of Adaptiveness in Complex Systems

A major challenge in the engineering of complex and critical systems is the management of change, both in the system and in its operational environment. Due to the growing of complexity in systems, new approaches on autonomy must be able to detect critical changes and avoid their progress towards undesirable states. We are searching for methods to build systems that can tune the adaptability protocols. New mechanisms that use system-wellness requirements to reduce the influence of the outer domain and transfer the control of uncertainly to the inner one. Under the view of cognitive systems, biological emotions suggests a strategy to configure value-based systems to use semantic self-representations of the state. A method inspired by emotion theories to causally connect to the inner domain of the system and its objectives of wellness, focusing on dynamically adapting the system to avoid the progress of critical states. This method shall endow the system with a transversal mechanism to monitor its inner processes, detecting critical states and managing its adaptivity in order to maintain the wellness goals. The paper describes the current vision produced by this work-in-progress

Revision of the inscription CIL II2 /5, 344: a fragment of a Caravaca cross

Presentamos la revisión de un fragmento de cruz con inscripción procedente del término municipal de Doña Mencía (Córdoba), publicada originalmente en el CIL II2 /5 como visigoda y que se conserva en el Museo HistóricoArqueológico de dicha localidad.We study a fragment of a cross from the municipal district of Doña Mencía (Cordoba) bearing an inscription. The fragment was first mentioned in the CIL II2 /5 as Visigothic and is housed at the Historical Archaelogical Museum of Doña Mencía (Cordoba)

Modelo de conectividad de Guadalajara, su desarrollo hacia una ciudad digital

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Uma aplicação do método das forças horizontais equivalentes na análise sísmica de edifícios

Anais do IV Encontro de Iniciação Científica da Unila - “UNILA 5 anos: Integração em Ciência, Tecnologia e Cultura na Tríplice Fronteira” - 05 e 06 de novembro de 2015 – Sessão Engenharia Civil e Engenharia de Energías RenováveisNeste trabalho estuda-se a resposta dinâmica de uma estrutura sujeita ao abalo sísmico. Primeiro, faz-se uma análise sísmico-estática equivalente, como indicado em normas sísmicas. Aqui é utilizada a Norma Peruana de Desenho Sismo Resistente E-030/2006. É definida a zonificação sísmica, a aceleração máxima de projeto, à amplificação sísmica no solo, coeficientes de modificação de resposta, considerações referidas às irregularidades construtivas, etc. Com estes parâmetros faz-se uma análise sísmico-estática equivalente segundo a Norma Sísmica Peruana. O resultado da análise anterior compara-se com uma análise sísmica dinâmica modal espectral aplicada na mesma estrutura e existente na literatura. O objetivo deste trabalho é a implementação do Método das Forças Horizontais Equivalentes no estudo de um edifício de dois andares sujeito à excitação sísmica baseado na Norma Sísmica Peruana E-030/2006. Agradecemos à Unila pela bolsa de iniciação cientifica concedida.Bolsista PIBIC-UNIL

La oferta de conexión comercial a Internet en la ciudad de Guadalajara, 1997-2007

La introducción de las tecnologías de información y comunicación a la ciudad se manifiesta en la implementación de la infraestructura y en las aplicaciones y usos de la red de Internet. Los procesos particulares están vinculados a las políticas públicas. Los cibercafés considerados como una manifestación de la cultura y la dinámica de uso del suelo de la ciudad, tienen una presencia e impacto socio económico. Analizar su localización desde una perspectiva geográfica permitió observar que la ciudad de Guadalajara está desprovista de infraestructura y presenta polos de concentración-dispersión para la oferta de conectividad comercial a internet en una dinámica de crecimiento que está rebasando los controles de la planeación.The introduction to the information and communication technologies to the city is reflected in the implementation of infrastructure and applications and uses of the Internet. The particular processes are linked to the public policies. Internet cafes considered as a manifestation of the culture and dynamic of land use in the city, have a presence and socio-economic impact. Analyze their location from a geographic perspective showed that the city of Guadalajara is lack of infrastructure and presents poles of concentration-dispersion for the supply of commercial connectivity to the internet in a dynamic growth that exceeded the planned controls.Peer Reviewe