Absiracf-In this paper, Scatter Search is used for the first time to solve the problems SAT and W-MAX-SAT. We present hereafter this approach and the general algorithm. We describe the issues of the method in the general context and then we propose an implementation for SAT and W-MAX-SAT. A procedure to generate good initial s c a t t e d solutions as well as an operator to combine solutions and a classical technique to improve the solutions quality are presented. We compare our empirical results with those obtained by GRASP as they are published in the literature.
This study examines the types of requesting strategies that occur in the English textbook and investigate the context of the dialogues in the textbook. This research employed qualitative content analysis approach. The data were utterances, in the form of sentences, clauses or words that appears in the textbook, while the contexts of the data were the dialogues. Data were obtained through document analysis consisted of nine request strategies. The data were analyzed by determining the request strategies based on Trosborg‘s theory (1995), and context of situation theory by Holmes (2001). The result shows that there are eight strategies of requesting found within the textbook. The types that appears most frequently within the textbook is questioning ability/willingness and the slightest showing up is mild hints and suggestory formulae. A few sorts are also found such as, imperatives, demands/needs, wish, permissions, and strong hints. The data showed, understanding speech acts also means understanding how language is used and practiced or, in other words understanding the context. Thus, misunderstanding and misinterpretation can be minimized.Keywords: Requesting, Speech Act, Context of Situation, Textbook
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