Quantifying co-creative writing experiences

Collaboration with artificial intelligence (AI) is a growing trend even in the field of creativity. This paper examines which quantitative metrics can be used to comparatively analyse human-computer co-creativity with children. To study this question, 24 schoolchildren of age 10–11 wrote a poem with three co-creative poetry writing processes: a human-computer, a human-human, and a human-human-computer process. The computational participant in the processes was an AI-based application called the Poetry Machine. The children were asked to evaluate their user experience with a 5-point Likert-type questionnaire after each writing process and a comparative questionnaire after finishing all processes. The metrics used in the evaluation were immediate fun, long-term enjoyment, creativity, self-expression, outcome satisfaction, ease of starting and finishing writing, quality of ideas and support from others, and ownership.

Significant differences were found in fun, long-term enjoyment, quality of ideas, support, and ownership. The high number of statistically relevant results was enabled by exposing all participants to all writing processes, and the comparative questionnaire. The human-human-computer process was evaluated the best in long-term enjoyment and the human-computer process the weakest in support and idea quality. Creativity and ease of finishing writing turned out to be outlining metrics for the co-creative processes.     

Epos – an instrument for the assessment of the ethical position in software development

Digital technology becomes more powerful, intelligent, pervasive and ubiquitous. Ethical aspects of this development have not yet drawn the appropriate attention of researchers and engineers. This paper presents an instrument that aims at measuring the individual ethical position with regard to the design and development of computer software. The development of the Epos tool was based on two data collections. The data of the first survey (n₁ = 147 participants) were used to select items and to determine the factorial structure of the questionnaire. Results show that the Epos instrument reliably assesses peoples’ ethical opinion with respect to five central components: (1) regulation, (2) data privacy, (3) domain specific knowledge, (4) societal responsibility and (5) company responsibility. In the second survey, we determined the stability of the instruments factor structure by assessing a sample of n₂?=?196 participants. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the initial factor structure. Next steps and further implications are discussed regarding the final version of the questionnaire.     

Methods of Verifying Continuous Automatic Belt Weighers: State and Prospects

The basic methods of verifying continuous automatic belt weighers are described. A comparative analysis of these methods on the basis of experimental studies is made and ways of implementing the results in industry are recommended.     

一种通用型的目标数据仿真

给出了一种通用型的雷达目标模拟器 ,它能够方便直观的产生各种特征的三维目标轨迹 ,可实时离散出目标点迹 ,为雷达数据处理及精度分析提供数据来源。目标轨迹由一组特征点定义 ,修改方便 ,应用灵活     

实用神经网络的生物模拟器 待续

本文介绍一种能模拟单个神经元、触突以及系统的模拟器Ｓｉｍｕｌａｔｏｒ。用它模拟在生物界所熟知的一种无脊椎软体类似海参的食肉类动作Ｐｌｅｕｒｏ－ｂｒａｎｃｈｅａ。它的各种形为如吞食食物，遇敌退缩等用Ｆｏｒｔｒａｎ７７版本编程并在Ｓｕｎ３／５０工作站上进行模拟获得了满意结果。     

模拟光耦SLC800在转台系统中的应用

在大功率转台控制系统中．存在着较大的电压干扰和电磁兼容问题。在转台的控制精度和驱动功率不断提高的情况下．本文使用模拟光耦隔离器件SLC800重新设计了转台中的某部分模拟电路．将功率放大电路和控制电路隔开，来增强系统的抗干扰能力和运行的可靠性。实验结果的分析和转台的运行表明：应用模拟光耦进行隔离，有效地消除了转台控制中的干扰和电磁兼容。     

核电厂放射性监测系统仿真的数学物理模型

较详细地介绍了在北京核电厂模拟培训中心的模拟器上建立ＲＭＳ仿真系统的工作。首先对仿真的原型进行分析和简化，建立数学物理模型，并对包括ＲＣＳ、ＰＺＲ、ＳＧ、ＣＶＣＳ等的近２０个核电厂系统进行了动态仿真建模，确定ＲＭＳ各监测点放射性水平仿真读数的计算方法，最后，给出部分仿真实验结果，以验证数学物理模型的可靠性和适用性。     

近红外仿灸仪的研制与临床应用

近红外仿灸仪,也称为经络灸疗仪,是采用我国传统医学与现代科学技术相结合而研制成的一种新型中医治疗、保健仪器,可以用于治疗多种疾病。本仪器根据艾灸燃烧时所辐射的光谱,运用仿真技术进行模拟,根除了传统灸法燃烧缓慢、效率不高、烟雾较大、刺鼻熏眼、易于灼伤、操作不便等缺点,充分发挥了我国传统灸法的温经通络、补气活血、化瘀消肿,祛湿止痛的功效。     

HYSIM软件模拟天然气加工工艺流程的研究(Ⅰ)——系统中无循环物流

本文结合大庆油田天然气矿场加工实际生产装置,讨论了应用HYSIM烃类工艺模拟软件对含有不确定组分的体系进行流程模拟计算的特点、塔设备严格模拟计算过程中输入规定的选择、以及多股流换热器和吸附脱水工艺的模拟计算方法。