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There is a growing interest in the use of ontologies for multi-agent system applications. On the one hand, the agent paradigm is successfully employed in those applications where autonomous, loosely-coupled, heterogeneous, and distributed systems need to interoperate in order to achieve a common goal. On the other hand, ontologies have established themselves as a powerful tool to enable knowledge sharing, and a growing number of applications have benefited from the use of ontologies as a means to achieve semantic interoperability among heterogeneous, distributed systems. In principle ontologies and agents are a match made in heaven, that has failed to happen. What makes a simple piece of software an agent is its ability to communicate in a ”social” environment, to make autonomous decisions, and to be proactive on behalf of its user. Communication ultimately depends on und- standing the goals, preferences, and constraints posed by the user. Autonomy is the ability to perform a task with little or no user intervention, while proactiveness involves acting autonomously with no need for user prompting. Communication, but also autonomy and proactiveness, depend on knowledge. The ability to communicate depends on understanding the syntax (terms and structure) and the semantics of a language. Ontologies provide the terms used to describe a domain and the semantics associated with them. In addition, ontologies are often complimented by some logical rules that constrain the meaning assigned to the terms. These constraints are represented by inference rules that can be used by agents to perform the reasoning on which autonomy and proactiveness are based.

Intelligent agents (Computer software) --- Knowledge representation (Information theory) --- Ontology. --- Being --- Philosophy --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Representation of knowledge (Information theory) --- Artificial intelligence --- Information theory --- Agents, Autonomous (Computer software) --- Agents, Cognitive (Computer software) --- Agents, Intelligent (Computer software) --- Assistants, Cognitive (Computer software) --- Assistants, Intelligent software --- Autonomous agents (Computer software) --- Cognitive agents (Computer software) --- Cognitive assistants (Computer software) --- IAs (Computer software) --- Intelligent agent software --- Intelligent software agents --- Intelligent software assistants --- Software agents (Computer software) --- Special agents (Computer software) --- Computer programs --- Philosophy (General). --- Computer science. --- Computer network architectures. --- Software engineering. --- Philosophy, general. --- Computer Science, general. --- Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Programming Techniques. --- Software Engineering. --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Architectures, Computer network --- Network architectures, Computer --- Computer architecture --- Informatics --- Science --- Philosophy. --- Computer organization. --- Computer programming. --- Computers --- Electronic computer programming --- Electronic data processing --- Electronic digital computers --- Programming (Electronic computers) --- Coding theory --- Organization, Computer --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Programming

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Marriage (Canon law) --- Marriage law --- Law, Marriage --- Marriage --- Domestic relations --- Sex and law --- Husband and wife --- Sacraments (Canon law) --- Law and legislation --- Prohibited degrees --- Catholic Church

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La mutation des sociétés est, maintenant, chose de plus en plus admise. Encore faut-il ajuster nos analyses à une telle constatation. Quand on regarde, sur la longue durée, les « grands changements sociétaux », on se rend compte qu'ils interviennent en premier lieu, et par contamination, dans la vie quotidienne et dans ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler l'imaginaire d'une société. D'où la nécessité de recherches portant sur des phénomènes qui expriment au mieux la socialité de base : ce qui est vécu, ce qui est banal. Et qui, dans le même temps, rendent attentif à cet « irréel » qui, selon Max Weber, permet de comprendre le réel. Cet ouvrage présente les repères théoriques de la sociologie de l'imaginaire. Se référant d'abord à la notion d'imaginaire telle qu'elle a été établie par Gilles Durand, l'auteur trace le point de rencontre entre les études « classiques » sur l'imaginaire et les courants de la sociologie compréhensive et de la phénoménologie sociale. Ce parcours débouche sur la sociologie de l'imaginaire telle qu'elle a été développée par Michel Maffesoli, notamment dans l'analyse qu'il conduit de la vie quotidienne. Sociologues, chercheurs et étudiants, mais aussi tous ceux qui s'interrogent sur l'évolution de notre société trouveront là des éléments d'analyse de l'imaginaire qui féconde la vie quotidienne des acteurs sociaux et qui produit des effets repérables dans la vie de tous les jours (religiosité, fanatismes divers, effervescences musicales, sportives, etc.).

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Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Water Management --- Irrigation water --- Sewage irrigation --- Water reuse. --- Agrohydrology --- Irrigation. --- Quality. --- Environmental aspects.

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