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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am working on a design pattern for a prediction application, a “document based” system. It follows the standard model of computing, namely, processing and I/O so that’s good. The input is a document describing how the system is fairing (is there an ontology for this?), and the output is proposed changes to keep the system running. However, I don’t have clear idea of what “prediction” is (what will fail next?). In a virtual world, this seems to be changes. If someone has a way to predict changes to a virtual world (perhaps just predicting occupants), specifications, or the world itself (I think that weather, stock market, the direction of your car and health might be predictable), let me know, I will proceed with “changes” leaving “predictions” for later integration.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#70AD47'>Community Based Evolution of Virtual Worlds and Specifications: “Evolving a Virtual Community”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Input (Virtual World, Possible Changes, diagrams of changes in specification, new models/transforms, changed models/transforms, deleted models/transforms, Pull requests, Issues, test cases)</p><p class=MsoNormal> Polling in Virtual World</p><p class=MsoNormal>Implementation Committee (Processing)<span style='font-family:Wingdings'>ß</span>Meeting in Virtual World</p><p class=MsoNormal> Prototypes of Changes (Predictions)</p><p class=MsoNormal>Output (votes, attendance, Changes, Recorded decision to change ala GitHub, pull request, reviewers, completed specifications, Changed World, suggestions for future changes)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[ Desire: GitHub which shows declarative worlds, GitHub which predicts it’s contents ]</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This might be more easily done on a Wiki.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think I might have a problem between discrete changes (more like above) and continuous changes (more predictable)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>