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The figure of the University Ombudsperson was created in Spain by means of the 14th section of the University Law, as a guarantor, who must “take care for the respect of the rights and freedom of teachers, students and staff, to act before the actions of different parts and/or university services”. In, some cases, his/her competence on members of the university goes farther, as the Ombudsperson also guards people who arrive or approach the University in a direct or indirect way (e.g. students who have denied their access to University) or other people enrolled in it by means of successive subcontracting (e.g. staff from coffee shops or copy shops, cleaning or computer services, security service, etc.)

COMP1205 Presentation topic briefs

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Wind energy conversion research is considered in the framework of the national energy problem. Research and development efforts for the practical application of solar energy -- including wind energy -- as alternative energy supplies are assessed in: (1) Heating and cooling of buildings; (2) photovoltaic energy conversion; (3) solar thermal energy conversion; (4) wind energy conversion; (5) ocean thermal energy conversion; (6) photosynthetic production of organic matter; and (7) conversion of organic matter into fuels

Comparing stochastic design decision belief models : pointwise versus interval probabilities.

Decision support systems can either directly support a product designer or support an agent operating within a multi-agent system (MAS). Stochastic based decision support systems require an underlying belief model that encodes domain knowledge. The underlying supporting belief model has traditionally been a probability distribution function (PDF) which uses pointwise probabilities for all possible outcomes. This can present a challenge during the knowledge elicitation process. To overcome this, it is proposed to test the performance of a credal set belief model. Credal sets (sometimes also referred to as p-boxes) use interval probabilities rather than pointwise probabilities and therefore are more easier to elicit from domain experts. The PDF and credal set belief models are compared using a design domain MAS which is able to learn, and thereby refine, the belief model based on its experience. The outcome of the experiment illustrates that there is no significant difference between the PDF based and credal set based belief models in the performance of the MAS