D. Dubois

Publication List Details

Period

1979 - 2009

Number

82

Co-Authors

References (2008)

S. Abbasbandy, M. Amirfakhrian, D. Dubois, H. Prade, Internat J

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Abstract: Fuzzy Approximation as a Theory Stemming from Fuzzy IF-THEN Rules (2008)

Irina Perfilieva, Z. Cao, E. Czogala, D. Dubois, M. Grabisch, J. Han, ...

The notion of a linguistic variable [17] together with fuzzy IF-THEN rules suggested a new formalism in the description of a man-machine interaction. Theoretical analysis of this formalism led to...

Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity (2008)

Birkhofer, K., Bezemer, T.M., Bloem, J., Bonkowski, M, Christensen, S., Dubois, D., ...

Organic farming may contribute substantially to future agricultural production worldwide by improving soil quality and pest control, thereby reducing environmental impacts of conventional farming. We...

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 117:251--267, 2001. (2007)

D S Yeung, C H Sun, T Y Slonim, B Smyth, E Mckenna, ...

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D. Dubois, M. Grabisch, F. Modave, H. Prade

This short overview paper points out the striking similarity between decision under uncertainty and multicriteria decision making problems, two areas which have been developed in almost completely...

Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment (2007)

Mäder, P., Hahn, D., Dubois, D., Gunst, L., Alföldi, T., Bergmann, H., ...

Consumers have become more aware of healthy and safe food produced with low environmental impact. Organic agriculture is of particular interest in this respect, as manifested by 5.768 million...

Symbiotic N2 fixation by soybean in organic and conventional cropping systems estimated by 15N dilution and 15N natural abundance (2007)

Oberson, A., Nanzer, S., Bosshard, C., Dubois, D., Mäder, P., Frossard, E.

Nitrogen (N) is often the most limiting nutrient in organic cropping systems. N2 fixing crops present an important option to improve N supply and to maintain soil fertility. In a field experiment, we...

A practical inference method with several implicative gradual rules and a fuzzy input: one and two dimensions (2007)

Jones, H., Dubois, D., Guillaume, S., Charnomordic, B.

A general approach to practical inference with gradual implicative rules and fuzzy inputs is presented. Gradual rules represent constraints restricting outputs of a fuzzy system for each input. They...

Méthode d'inférence 2D avec des règles implicatives graduelles floues (2007)

Jones, H., Dubois, D;, Guillaume, S., Charnomordic, B.

A general approach to practical inference with gradual implicative rules and 2D fuzzy inputs is presented. Gradual rules represent constraints restricting outputs of a fuzzy system for each input....

Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment (2007)

Mäder, P., Hahn, D., Dubois, D., Gunst, L., Alföldi, T., Bergmann, H., ...

Consumers have become more aware of healthy and safe food produced with low environmental impact. Organic agriculture is of particular interest in this respect, as manifested by 5.768 million...

Symbiotic N2 fixation by soybean in organic and conventional cropping systems estimated by 15N dilution and 15N natural abundance (2007)

Oberson, A., Nanzer, S., Bosshard, C., Dubois, D., Mäder, P., Frossard, E.

Nitrogen (N) is often the most limiting nutrient in organic cropping systems. N2 fixing crops present an important option to improve N supply and to maintain soil fertility. In a field experiment, we...

Life cycle assessment of Swiss organic farming systems (2006)

Nemecek, T, Dubois, D, Huguenin-Elie, O, Gaillard, G

The impacts of organic and integrated farming systems in Switzerland on the environment have been assessed in a comprehensive study by the life cycle assessment method. This paper reports a...

Méthode d'inférence générique avec plusieurs règles implicatives graduelles et une entrée floue (2006)

Jones, H., Dubois, D., Guillaume, S., Charnomordic, B.

A general approach to practical inference with gradual implicative rules and fuzzy inputs is presented. Gradual rules represent constraints restricting outputs of a fuzzy system for each input. They...

Life cycle assessment of Swiss organic farming systems (2006)

Nemecek, T, Dubois, D, Huguenin-Elie, O, Gaillard, G

The impacts of organic and integrated farming systems in Switzerland on the environment have been assessed in a comprehensive study by the life cycle assessment method. This paper reports a...

Koordinierter Wissensaustausch für Innovationen und Forschung im biologischen Landbau (2005)

Strasser, F., Alföldi, T., Baumann, D., Charles, R., Dubois, D., Fried, P.M., ...

To optimize the spreading of knowledge in different fields of organic farming and to support its transfer to the different stakeholders, Agroscope (the 6 Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Stations)...

Einfluss der Bewirtschaftungsform, der Vorfrucht und der Düngung auf den Befall von Winterweizenkörnern mit Pilzkrankheiten im DOK-Versuch (2005)

Gunst, Lucie, Krebs, Heinz, Dubois, D.

In the DOK long-term field trial in Switzerland comparing bio-dynamic, bio-organic, and conventional farming systems, the occurrence of Fusarium species and Microdochium nivale on grains of wheat was...

Development and psychometric evaluation of the patient assessment of upper gastrointestinal symptom severity index (PAGI-SYM) in patients with upper gastrointestinal disorders (2005)

Kahrilas, P, Stanghellini, V, Talley, N J, ...

OBJECTIVE: Describe the development and evaluation of a new self-report instrument, the patient assessment of upper gastrointestinal disorders-symptom severity index (PAGI-SYM) in subjects with...

Practical use of fuzzy implicative gradual rules in knowledge representation and comparison with Mamdani rules (2005)

Hazael, J., Guillaume, S., Charnomordic, B., Dubois, D.

Thanks to their ability to model natural language, fuzzy rules are very popular in expert knowledge representation. Mamdani fuzzy systems are widely used for process simulation or control....

Koordinierter Wissensaustausch für Innovationen und Forschung im biologischen Landbau (2005)

Strasser, F., Alföldi, T., Baumann, D., Charles, R., Dubois, D., Fried, P.M., ...

To optimize the spreading of knowledge in different fields of organic farming and to support its transfer to the different stakeholders, Agroscope (the 6 Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Stations)...

Einfluss der Bewirtschaftungsform, der Vorfrucht und der Düngung auf den Befall von Winterweizenkörnern mit Pilzkrankheiten im DOK-Versuch (2005)

Gunst, Lucie, Krebs, Heinz, Dubois, D.

In the DOK long-term field trial in Switzerland comparing bio-dynamic, bio-organic, and conventional farming systems, the occurrence of Fusarium species and Microdochium nivale on grains of wheat was...

Neoadjuvant vinorelbine/epirubicin (VE) versus standard adriamycin/cyclophosphamide (AC) in operable breast cancer: analysis of response and tolerability in a randomised phase III trial (TOPIC 2) (2005)

Chua, S., Smith, I. E., A'Hern, R. P., Coombes, G. A., Hickish, T. F., Robinson, A. C., ...

Background: Vinorelbine is active and well tolerated against advanced breast cancer but there are no published efficacy studies in early breast cancer. We have therefore carried out a randomised...

Neoadjuvant vinorelbine/epirubicin (VE) versus standard adriamycin/cyclophosphamide (AC) in operable breast cancer: analysis of response and tolerability in a randomised phase III trial (TOPIC 2) (2005)

Chua, S., Smith, I. E., A'Hern, R. P., Coombes, G. A., Hickish, T. F., Robinson, A. C., ...

Background: Vinorelbine is active and well tolerated against advanced breast cancer but there are no published efficacy studies in early breast cancer. We have therefore carried out a randomised...

Instability of dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station (2004)

Garinger, B, Alfaro, M, Graham, J, Dubois, D, Man, A

Water-retention dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station in Manitoba have experienced irregular instabilities since they were heightened in the late 1940s. An investigation was undertaken to compare...

Instability of dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station (2004)

Garinger, B, Alfaro, M, Graham, J, Dubois, D, Man, A

Water-retention dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station in Manitoba have experienced irregular instabilities since they were heightened in the late 1940s. An investigation was undertaken to compare...

Instability of dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station (2004)

Garinger, B, Alfaro, M, Graham, J, Dubois, D, Man, A

Water-retention dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station in Manitoba have experienced irregular instabilities since they were heightened in the late 1940s. An investigation was undertaken to compare...

Instability of dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station (2004)

Garinger, B, Alfaro, M, Graham, J, Dubois, D, Man, A

Water-retention dykes at Seven Sisters Generating Station in Manitoba have experienced irregular instabilities since they were heightened in the late 1940s. An investigation was undertaken to compare...

Asian dust events of April 1998 (2004)

Husar, R., Tratt, D., Schichtel, B., Falke, S., Li, F., Jaffe, D., ...

On April 15 and 19, 1998, two intense dust storms were generated over the Gobi desert by springtime low-pressure systems descending from the northwest. The windblown dust was detected and its...

Mentoring to reduce antisocial behaviour in childhood (2004)

Roberts, H., Liabo, K., Lucas, P., DuBois, D., Sheldon, T.A.

Mentoring of children and young people involved in antisocial behaviour has become a popular intervention. Research evidence to support the most commonly used programmes is lacking. Failed mentoring...

Basal organic phosphorus mineralization in soils under different farming systems (2004)

Oehl, F., Frossard, E., Fliessbach, A., Dubois, D., Oberson, A.

Soil organic P (Po) mineralization plays an important role in soil P cycling. Quantitative information on the release of available inorganic P (Pi) by this process is difficult to obtain because any...

Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2004)

Oehl, F., Sieverding, E., Mäder, Paul, Dubois, D., Ineichen, K., Boller, T., ...

Previous work has shown considerably enhanced soil fertility in agroecosystems managed by organic farming compared to conventional farming. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in...

Practical Representation of Incomplete Probabilistic Information (2004)

C. Baudrit, D. Dubois

This article deals with the compact representation of incomplete probabilistic knowledge which can be encountered in risk evaluation problems, for instance in environmental studies. Various kinds of...

Basal organic phosphorus mineralization in soils under different farming systems (2004)

Oehl, F., Frossard, E., Fliessbach, A., Dubois, D., Oberson, A.

Soil organic P (Po) mineralization plays an important role in soil P cycling. Quantitative information on the release of available inorganic P (Pi) by this process is difficult to obtain because any...

Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2004)

Oehl, F., Sieverding, E., Mäder, Paul, Dubois, D., Ineichen, K., Boller, T., ...

Previous work has shown considerably enhanced soil fertility in agroecosystems managed by organic farming compared to conventional farming. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in...

Development and validation of a patient-assessed gastroparesis symptom severity measure: the Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (2003)

Rentz, A M, Dubois, D, Kahrilas, P, Stanghellini, V, Talley, N J, ...

BACKGROUND: Patient-based symptom assessments are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of medical treatments for gastroparesis. AIM: To summarize the development and measurement qualities of the...

Einfluss ökologischer Bewirtschaftung und verschiedener Kulturen auf die Regenwurmfauna (2003)

Dubois, D., Jossi, W., Pfiffner, L., Tschachtli, R., Zihlmann, U.

Problemstellung/Ziele:Vorkommen und Artenzusammensetzung der Regenwurmpopulation haben eine grosse Bedeutung im nachhaltigen Ackerbau. Als Architekten und Bauarbeiter des Bodens beeinflussen die...

Einfluss ökologischer Bewirtschaftung und verschiedener Kulturen auf die Regenwurmfauna (2003)

Dubois, D., Jossi, W., Pfiffner, L., Tschachtli, R., Zihlmann, U.

Problemstellung/Ziele:Vorkommen und Artenzusammensetzung der Regenwurmpopulation haben eine grosse Bedeutung im nachhaltigen Ackerbau. Als Architekten und Bauarbeiter des Bodens beeinflussen die...

A new perspective on reasoning with fuzzy rules (2002)

D. Dubois, H. Prade, L. Ughetto

Abstract. This paper puts forward the idea that information encoded on a computer may have a negative or a positive emphasis. Negative information corresponds to the statement that some situations...

Fusion: general concepts and characteristics (2001)

Edited I. Bloch, A. Hunter, A. Ayoun, S. Benferhat, P. Besnard, L. Cholvy, ...

The problem of combining pieces of information issued from several sources can be encountered in various fields of application. This paper aims at presenting the different aspects of information...

Erkenntnisse aus 21 Jahren DOK-Versuch: Bio fördert Bodenfruchtbarkeit und Artenvielfalt (2000)

Fliessbach, Andreas, Mäder, Paul, Pfiffner, Lukas, Dubois, D., Gunst, L.

The DOK-long term trial - unique in his conception - compares the consequences of bio-dynamic, bio-organic and conventional farming systems in a randomised plot trial. The field trial was started in...

Erkenntnisse aus 21 Jahren DOK-Versuch: Bio fördert Bodenfruchtbarkeit und Artenvielfalt (2000)

Fliessbach, Andreas, Mäder, Paul, Pfiffner, Lukas, Dubois, D., Gunst, L.

The DOK-long term trial - unique in his conception - compares the consequences of bio-dynamic, bio-organic and conventional farming systems in a randomised plot trial. The field trial was started in...

Possibilistic and standard probabilistic semantics of conditional knowledge bases (1999)

Benferhat, S, Dubois, D, Prade, H

Default pieces of information of the form, 'generally, if &agr; then &bgr;' can be modelled by constraints expressing that, when &agr; is true, &bgr; is more plausible than its negation. In previous...

A fuzzy constraint satisfaction problem in the wine industry (1998)

Sabbadin, R., Dubois, D., Prade, H., Grenier, P.

This paper reports on a real case study coming from wine industry, which is an example of linear constraint satisfaction problem, where the constraints are flexible, may have different levels of...

Using Fuzzy Logic For Mobile Robot Control (1997)

Alessandro Saffiotti, Enrique H. Ruspini, Kurt Konolige, D. Dubois, H. Prade, H. Zimmermann

: The development of techniques for autonomous operation in realworld, unstructured environments constitutes one of the major trends in the current research on mobile robotics. In spite of recent...

Beyond Counter-Examples to Nonmonotonic Formalisms: A Possibility-Theoretic Analysis (1996)

Salem Benferhat, D. Dubois, H. Prade, Didier Dubois, Henri Prade

. In nonmonotonic reasoning, Lehmann's preferential System P is known to provide reasonable but very cautious conclusions, while the inference machinery may still remain too cautious or on the...

Update Postulates Without Inertia (1995)

D. Dubois, H. Prade

. Starting from Katsuno and Mendelzon postulates, a new set of postulates which is minimal and complete has been defined, these postulates characterize an update operator. The update operator class...

Elicitation, Assessment and Pooling of Expert Judgements Using Possibility Theory (1990)

S.A. Sandri, D. Dubois, H.W. Kalfsbeek

The problem of modelling expert knowledge about numerical parameters in the field of reliability is reconsidered in the framework of possibility theory. Usually expert opinions about quantities such...

Detection of the pathogenic parasite Toxoplasma gondii by specific amplification of ribosomal sequences using comultiplex polymerase chain reaction.

Guay, J M, Dubois, D, Morency, M J, Gagnon, S, Mercier, J, Levesque, R C

Amplification of DNA sequences from ribosomal DNA (rDNA) was tested as a specific and sensitive method for the detection of small numbers of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite cells. We applied the...

Acute Renal Failure Associated with Combined Gentamicin and Cephalothin Therapy

Fillastre, J. P., Laumonier, R., Humbert, G., Dubois, D., Metayer, J., Delpech, A., ...

Three patients with normal renal function developed acute renal failure between the ninth and twenty-seventh days of combined gentamicin and cephalothin therapy. The dose of gentamicin (4-6...

Detection of the pathogenic parasite Toxoplasma gondii by specific amplification of ribosomal sequences using comultiplex polymerase chain reaction.

Guay, J M, Dubois, D, Morency, M J, Gagnon, S, Mercier, J, Levesque, R C

Amplification of DNA sequences from ribosomal DNA (rDNA) was tested as a specific and sensitive method for the detection of small numbers of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite cells. We applied the...

Acute Renal Failure Associated with Combined Gentamicin and Cephalothin Therapy

Fillastre, J. P., Laumonier, R., Humbert, G., Dubois, D., Metayer, J., Delpech, A., ...

Three patients with normal renal function developed acute renal failure between the ninth and twenty-seventh days of combined gentamicin and cephalothin therapy. The dose of gentamicin (4-6...

Analyse de 22 catégories sémantiques du français : organisation catégorielle, lexique et représentation

D. Dubois

SUM On met en évidence dans une première expérience que chez des enfants de ans la dénomination objets du monde réel est plus précoce pour les exemplaires catégoriels typiques par rapport aux...

La représentation cognitive : quelques modèles récents

M. Denis, D. Dubois

SUM Cet article présente plusieurs modèles psychologiques récents de la représentation cognitive Certains de ces modèles restent attachés distinction de formes spécifiques de la...

Cost effectiveness of treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in clinical practice: a clinical database analysis

Eggleston, A, Wigerinck, A, Huijghebaert, S, Dubois, D, Haycox, A

a International Outcomes Research, Janssen Research Foundation, b Department of Internal Medicine, Janssen Research Foundation, Beerse, Belgium, c Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Hulpe, Belgium,...

RedOx study of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell

Faes, A., Nakajo, A., Hessler-Wyser, A., Dubois, D., Brisse, A., Modena, S., ...

The common technology for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) is based on a cermet (ceramic-metal composite) anode of nickel with yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ), often used as the supporting structure....

The epidemiology of AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the World Health Organization European Region.

Serraino, D., Salamina, G., Franceschi, S., Dubois, D., La Vecchia, C., Brunet, J. B., ...

This paper describes the epidemiology of AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. Data, collected by the WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS...