Abstract: A method for controlling a decisional process when pursuing an aim in a specific application domain, such as economic, technical, and organizational fields. In the process, a system of agents is created, including creator cognitive agents of portable knowledge objects and constructor agents of knowledge objects by adding supplementary knowledge elements to the knowledge objects created. The system launches the decisional process by tracking the observation of an abnormality in the actual data of the application domain by the creation of an initial knowledge object representative of an alarm index and causes several decisional paths to be established linked to this object, under different points of view of different agents, each in its domain, and the decision is made following merging of decisional paths.

Abstract: A method for controlling a decisional process when pursuing an aim in a specific application domain, such as economic, technical, and organizational fields. In the process, a system of agents is created, including creator cognitive agents of portable knowledge objects and constructor agents of knowledge objects by adding supplementary knowledge elements to the knowledge objects created. The system launches the decisional process by tracking the observation of an abnormality in the actual data of the application domain by the creation of an initial knowledge object representative of an alarm index and causes several decisional paths to be established linked to this object, under different points of view of different agents, each in its domain, and the decision is made following merging of decisional paths.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for controlling a decisional process when pursuing an aim in a specific application domain, such as economic, technical or the like.

Abstract: A method for controlling a decisional process when pursuing an overall aim in a specific field of application, such as economic, technical, organisational or similar, which is automated by the placing in relation, according to rules and strategies predetermined in accordance with the overall aim of at least one knowledge object reflecting a point of view of the field of application and comprising an item of information interpreted as an alarm sign for the decisional process with other knowledge objects reflecting other points of view or other fonctional competencies of the same field of application or of other fields.

Abstract: Method of and arrangement for image data compression by vector quantization in accordance with a precoding in blocks, thereafter comparing by means of a neural network precoded blocks with reference words stored in the form of a code book so as to transmit selected indices to a receiver. In accordance with the method, the neural network effects a learning phase with prescribed prototypes, thereafter with the aid of test vectors originating from the image generates an adaptive code book which is transmitted to the receiver. This adaptation utilizes attractors, which may be induced metastable states, of the neural network, and which are submitted to an optimizing procedure. The arrangement can process images with a view to their storage. It is also possible to utilize two devices which operate alternately, one device for generating the adaptive code book and the other one to utilize it with the object of processing television pictures in real time.