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Consensus Knowledge Acquisition
Trice, Andrew - Davis, Randall

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Enlaces:	We have developed a method and prototype program for assisting two experts in their attempts to construct a single, consensus knowledge base. We show that consensus building can be effectively facilitated by a debugging approach that identifies, explains, and resolves…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Knowledge Base Integration: What Can We Learn from Database Integration Research?
Lee, Jintae

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Enlaces:	This paper examines the issues and the solutions that have been studied in database (DB) integration research and tries to draw lessons from them for knowledge base (KB) integration.
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Introduction to the Calculus of Knowledge
Raphael, Bertram

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Enlaces:	This paper deals with the "Calculus of Knowledge", an extension of the propositional calculus in which one may reason about what other people know. Semantic and Syntactic systems are developed, certain theorems are proven, and a formal solution in the…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Artificial Intelligence, Language and the Study of Knowledge
Goldstein, Ira - Papert, Seymour

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Enlaces:	This paper studies the relationship of Artificial Intelligence to the study of language and the representation of the underlying knowledge which supports the comprehension process. It develops the view that intelligence is based on the ability to use large amounts…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Capturing Intuitive Knowledge in Procedural Description
Bamberger, Jeanne

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Enlaces:	Trying to capture intuitive knowledge is a little like trying to capture the moment between what just happened and what is about to happen. Or to quote a famous philosopher, "You can't put your foot in the same river once."…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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A Comparative Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Methods
Mataric, Maja

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Enlaces:	This paper analyzes the suitability of reinforcement learning (RL) for both programming and adapting situated agents. We discuss two RL algorithms: Q-learning and the Bucket Brigade. We introduce a special case of the Bucket Brigade, and analyze and compare its…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Phase Space Navigator: Towards Automating Control Synthesis in Phase Spaces for Nonlinear Control Systems
Zhao, Feng

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Enlaces:	We develop a novel autonomous control synthesis strategy called Phase Space Navigator for the automatic synthesis of nonlinear control systems. The Phase Space Navigator generates global control laws by synthesizing flow shapes of dynamical systems and planning and navigating system…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Extracting and Representing Qualitative Behaviors of Complex Systems in Phase Spaces
Zhao, Feng

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Enlaces:	We develop a qualitative method for understanding and representing phase space structures of complex systems and demonstrate the method with a program, MAPS --- Modeler and Analyzer for Phase Spaces, using deep domain knowledge of dynamical system theory. Given a…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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The Programmer's Apprentice Project: A Research Overview
Rich, Charles - Waters, Richard C.

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Enlaces:	The goal of the Programmer's Apprentice project is to develop a theory of how expert programmers analyze, synthesize, modify, explain, specify, verify, and document programs. This research goal overlaps both artificial intelligence and software engineering. From the viewpoint of artificial…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Levels of Complexity in Discourse for Reference Disambiguation and Speech Act Interpretation
Bullwinkle, Candace

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Enlaces:	This paper presents a discussion of means of describing the discourse and its components which makes speech act interpretation and reference disambiguation possible with minimal search of the knowledge in the database. A portion of this paper will consider how…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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11.

The Conniver Reference Manual
McDermott, Drew V. - Sussman, Gerald Jay

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Enlaces:	This manual is intended to be a guide to the philosophy and use of the programming language CONNIVER, which is "complete," and running at the AI Lab now. It assumes good knowledge of LISP, but no knowledge of Micro-Planner, in…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Thesis Progress Report: A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledg
Fahlman, Scott E.

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Enlaces:	This paper describes progress to date in the development of a system for representing various forms of real-world knowledge. The knowledge is stored in the form of a net of simple parallel processing elements, which allow certain types of deduction…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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Wusor II: A Computer Aided Instruction Program with Student Modelling Capabilities
Carr, Brian

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Enlaces:	Wusor II is the second program that has been developed to tutor students in the game of Wumpus. From the earlier efforts with Wusor I it was possible to produce a rule-based expert which processed a relatively complete mastery of…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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A Lexical Conceptual Approach to Generation for Machine Translation
Dorr, Bonnie J.

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Enlaces:	Current approaches to generation for machine translation make use of direct-replacement templates, large grammars, and knowledge-based inferencing techniques. Not only are rules language-specific, but they are too simplistic to handle sentences that exhibit more complex phenomena. Furthermore, these systems are…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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15.

Topics in Model Theory
Levin, Michael

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Enlaces:	The concept of free as in "free group" is generalized to any first order theory. An interesting class of homomorphisms between models is discussed. Relations between model theory and abelian categories are discussed speculatively. This paper represents an incomplete study…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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16.

Planner Implementation Proposal to ARPA 1972-1973
Hewitt, Carl

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Enlaces:	The task objective is the generalization and implementation of the full power of the problem solving formalism PLANNER in the next two years. We will show how problem solving knowledge can be effectively incorporated into the formalism. Several domains will…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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17.

Summary of MYCROFT: A System for Understanding Simple Picture Programs
Goldstein, Ira P.

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Enlaces:	A collection of powerful ideas??cription, plans, linearity, insertions, global knowledge and imperative semantics?? explored which are fundamental to debugging skill. To make these concepts precise, a computer monitor called MYCROFT is described that can debug elementary programs for drawing pictures.…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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18.

Teaching the Computer to Add: An Example of Problem-Solving in an Anthropomorphic Computer Culture
Solomon, Cynthia J.

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Enlaces:	Computers open up new ways to think about knowledge and learning. Learning computer science should draw upon and feed these new approaches. In a previous paper called "Leading a Child to a Computer Culture" I discuss some ways to do…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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19.

Learning New Principles from Precedents and Exercises: The Details
Winston, Patrick H.

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Enlaces:	Much Learning is done by way of studying precedents and exercises. A teacher supplies a story, gives a problem, and expects a student both to solve a problem and to discover a principle. The student must find the correspondence between…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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20.

Causal Reconstruction
Borchardt, Gary C.

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Enlaces:	Causal reconstruction is the task of reading a written causal description of a physical behavior, forming an internal model of the described activity, and demonstrating comprehension through question answering. T his task is difficult because written d escriptions often do…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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21.

Projective Structure from Two Uncalibrated Images: Structure from Motion and RecRecognition
Shashua, Amnon

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Enlaces:	This paper addresses the problem of recovering relative structure, in the form of an invariant, referred to as projective structure, from two views of a 3D scene. The invariant structure is computed without any prior knowledge of camera geometry, or…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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22.

Local Versus Global Control Laws for Cooperative Agent Teams
Parker, Lynne E.

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Enlaces:	The design of the control laws governing the behavior of individual agents is crucial for the successful development of cooperative agent teams. These control laws may utilize a combination of local and/or global knowledge to achieve the resulting group behavior.…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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23.

Recognition and Structure from One 2D Model View: Observations on Prototypes, Object Classes and Symmetries
Poggio, Tomaso - Vetter, Thomas

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Enlaces:	In this note we discuss how recognition can be achieved from a single 2D model view exploiting prior knowledge of an object's structure (e.g. symmetry). We prove that for any bilaterally symmetric 3D object one non- accidental 2D model view…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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24.

Observations on Cognitive Judgments
McAllester, David

Formato:
Enlaces:	It is obvious to anyone familiar with the rules of the game of chess that a king on an empty board can reach every square. It is true, but not obvious, that a knight can reach every square. Why is…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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25.

Data and Model-Driven Selection Using Color Regions
Syeda-Mahmood, Tanveer Fathima

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Enlaces:	A key problem in model-based object recognition is selection, namely, the problem of determining which regions in the image are likely to come from a single object. In this paper we present an approach that extracts and uses color region…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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26.

Causal/Temporal Connectives: Syntax and Lexicon
Brent, Michael R.

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Enlaces:	This report elucidates the linguistic representation of temporal relations among events. This involves examining sentences that contain two clauses connected by words like once, by the time, when, and before. Specifically, the effect of the tenses of the connected clauses…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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27.

Expressing Mathematical Subroutines Constructively
Roylance, Gerald

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Enlaces:	The typical subroutines that compute $\\sin(x)$ and $\\exp(x)$ bear little resemblance to our mathematical knowledge of these functions: they are composed of concrete arithmetic expressions that include many mysterious numerical constants. Instead of programming these subroutines conventionally, we can express…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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28.

Analyzing Natural Images: A Computational Theory of Texture Vision
Marr, D.

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Enlaces:	A theory of early and intermediate visual information processing is given, which extends to about the level of figure-ground separation. Its core is a computational theory of texture vision. Evidence obtained from perceptual and from computational experiments is adduced in…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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29.

Wumpus Advisor 1: A First Implementation Program that Tutors Logical and Probabilistic Reasoning Skills
Stansfield, James L. - Carr, Brian P. - Goldstein, Ira P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The Wumpus Advisor program offers advice to a player involved in choosing the best move in a game for which competence in dealing with incomplete and uncertain knowledge is required. The design and implementation of the advisor explores a new…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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30.

PAZATN: A Linguistic Approach to Automatic Analysis of Elementary Programming Protocols
Miller, Mark L. - Goldstein, Ira P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	PATN is a design for a machine problem solver which uses an augmented transition network (ATN) to represent planning knowledge. In order to explore PATN's potential as a theory of human problem solving, a linguistic approach to protocol analysis is…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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31.

Assessment and Documentation of a Children's Computer Laboratory
Papert, Seymour - Watt, Daniel H.

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Enlaces:	This research will thoroughly document the experiences of a small number of 5th grade children in an elementary school computer laboratory, using LOGO, an advanced computer language designed for children. Four groups of four children will be taught a 10-week…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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32.

A Proposal for a Computational Model of Anatomical and Physiological Reasoning
Smith, Brian Cantwell

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Enlaces:	The studies of anatomy and physiology are fundamental ingredients of medical education. This paper identifies six ways in which such functional knowledge serves as the underpinnings for general medical reasoning, and outlines the design of a computational model of common…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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ARIADNE: Pattern-Directed Inference and Hierarchical Abstraction in Protein Structure Recognition
Lathrop, Richard H. - Webster, Teresa A. - Smith, Temple F.

Formato:
Enlaces:	There are many situations in which a very detailed low-level description encodes, through a hierarchical organization, a recognizable higher-order pattern. The macro-molecular structural conformations of proteins exhibit higher order regularities whose recognition is complicated by many factors. ARIADNE searches for…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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34.

Simplifying Decision Trees
Quinlan, J.R.

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Enlaces:	Many systems have been developed for constructing decision trees from collections of examples. Although the decision trees generated by these methods are accurate and efficient, they often suffer the disadvantage of excessive complexity that can render them incomprehensible to experts.…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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35.

Extracting Qualitative Dynamics from Numerical Experiments
Yip, Kenneth Man-Kam

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Enlaces:	The Phase Space is a powerful tool for representing and reasoning about the qualitative behavior of nonlinear dynamical systems. Significant physical phenomena of the dynamical system---periodicity, recurrence, stability and the like---are reflected by outstanding geometric features of the trajectories in…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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36.

A Framework for Representing Knowledge
Minsky, Marvin

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Enlaces:	This is a partial theory of thinking, combining a number of classical and modern concepts from psychology, linguistics, and AI. Whenever one encounters a new situation (or makes a substantial change in one's viewpoint) he selects from memory a structure…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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37.

Organizing a Global Coordinate System from Local Information on an Amorphous Computer
Nagpal, Radhika

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Enlaces:	This paper demonstrates that it is possible to generate a reasonably accurate coordinate system on randomly distributed processors, using only local information and local communication. By coordinate systems we imply that each element assigns itself a logical coordinate that maps…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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38.

Corpus-Based Techniques for Word Sense Disambiguation
Levow, Gina-Anne

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Enlaces:	The need for robust and easily extensible systems for word sense disambiguation coupled with successes in training systems for a variety of tasks using large on-line corpora has led to extensive research into corpus-based statistical approaches to this problem. Promising…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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39.

Qualitative Depth and Shape from Stereo, in Agreement with Psychophysical Evidendence
Weinshall, Daphna

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Enlaces:	Obtaining exact depth from binocular disparities is hard if camera calibration is needed. We will show that qualitative depth information can be obtained from stereo disparities with almost no computations and with no prior knowledge (or computation) of camera parameters.…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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40.

ITS 1.5 Reference Manual
Eastlake, D. - Greenblatt, R. - Holloway, J. - Knight, T. - Nelson, S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This reference manual consists of two parts. The first (sections 1 through 6) is intended for those who are either interested in the ITS 1.5 time sharing monitor for its own sake or who wish to write machine language programs…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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41.

A Primitive Control P Feature
Eastlake, Donald E., III

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Enlaces:	A program, some TECO macros, and some small modifications to existing systems software have been written, called PRO, whose purpose is to reduce the large number of control languages and system programs it has been necessary to know about and…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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42.

ITS 1.5 Reference Manual
Eastlake, D. - Greenblatt, R. - Holloway, J. - Knight, T. - Nelson, S.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This reference manual consists of two parts. The first (sections 1 through 6) is intended for those who are either interested in the ITS 1.5 time sharing monitor for its own sake or who wish to write machine language programs…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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43.

Linear Separation and Learning
Minsky, Marvin - Papert, Seymour

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Enlaces:	This is a reprint of page proofs of Chapter 12 of Perceptrons, M. Minsky and S. Papert, MIT Press 1968, (we hope). It replaces A.I. Memo No. 156 dated March 1968. The perceptron and convergence theorems of Chapter 11 are…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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44.

Decomposition of a Visual Scene into Three-Dimensional Bodies
Guzman, Adolfo

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Enlaces:	The program described here takes as its input a collection of lines, vertices and surfaces describing a scene, and analyzes the scene into a composition of three-dimensional objects. The program does not need to know the form (model, or pattern)…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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45.

PROGRAMMER: A Language for Writing Grammars
Winograd, Terry

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Enlaces:	This memo describes PROGRAMMER, a parser for natural language. It consists of a language for writing grammars in the form of programs, and an interpreter which can use these grammars to parse sentence. PROGRAMMER is one part of an integrated…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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46.

Proposal to ARPA for Research on Intelligent Automata and Micro-Automation
Winston, P. - Horn, B.K.P. - Sussman, G.J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The results of a decade of work in Artificial Intelligence have brought us to the threshold of a new phase of knowledge-based programming -- in which we can design computer systems that (1) react reasonably to significantly complicated situations and…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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47.

Ideas About Management of LISP Data Bases
Sandewall, Erik

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Enlaces:	The paper advocates the need for systems which support maintenance of LISP-type data bases, and describes an experimental system of this kind, call DABA. In this system, a description of the data base's structure is kept in the data base…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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48.

Viewing Control Structures as Patterns of Passing Messages
Hewitt, Carl

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Enlaces:	The purpose of this paper is to discuss some organizational aspects of programs using the actor model of computation. In this paper we present an approach to modelling intelligence in terms of a society of communicating knowledge-based problem-solving experts. In…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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49.

A Preview of Act 1
Lieberman, Henry

Formato:
Enlaces:	The next generation of artificial intelligence programs will require the ability to organize knowledge as groups of active objects. Each object should have only its own local expertise, the ability to operate in parallel with other objects, and the ability…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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50.

Thinking About Lots of Things at Once without Getting Confused: Parallelism in Act 1
Lieberman, Henry

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Enlaces:	As advances in computer architecture and changing economics make feasible machines with large-scale parallelism, Artificial Intelligence will require new ways of thinking about computation that can exploit parallelism effectively. We present the actor model of computation as being appropriate for…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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51.

Open Systems
Hewitt, Carl - Jong, Peter de

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Enlaces:	This paper describes some problems and opportunities associated with conceptual modeling for the kind of "open systems" we foresee must and will be increasingly recognized as a central line of computer system development. Computer applications will be based on communication…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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52.

Fingerprints Theorems for Zero-Crossings
Yuille, A.L. - Poggio, T.

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Enlaces:	We prove that the scale map of the zero-crossings of almost all signals filtered by the second derivative of a gaussian of variable size determines the signal uniquely, up to a constant scaling and a harmonic function. Our proof provides…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
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53.

Surface Reconstruction Preserving Discontinuities
Marroquin, J.L.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Well-known methods for solving the shape-from-shading problem require knowledge of the reflectance map. Here we show how the shape-from-shading problem can be solved when the reflectance map is not available, but is known to have a given form with some…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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54.

Shape and Source from Shading
Brooks, Michael J. - Horn, Berthold K.P.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Well-known methods for solving the shape-from-shading problem require knowledge of the reflectance map. Here we show how the shape-from-shading problem can be solved when the reflectance map is not available, but is known to have a given form with some…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
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55.

The Computational Complexity of Two-Level Morphology
Barton, G. Edward, Jr.

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Enlaces:	Morphological analysis requires knowledge of the stems, affixes, combnatory patterns, and spelling-change processes of a language. The computational difficulty of the task can be clarified by investigating the computational characteristics of specific models of morphologial processing. The use of finite-state…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
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56.

Circumscribing Circumscription: A Guide to Relevance and Incompleteness
Williams, Brian C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	Intelligent agents in the physical world must work from incomplete information due to partial knowledge and limited resources. An agent copes with these limitations by applying rules of conjecture to make reasonable assumptions about what is known. Circumscription, proposed by…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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57.

Classifying Objects from Visual Information
Bobick, Aaron - Richards, Whitman

Formato:
Enlaces:	Consider a world of 'objects.' Our goal is to place these objects into categories that are useful to the observer using sensory data. One criterion for utility is that the categories allow the observer to infer the object's potential behaviors,…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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58.

Issues in Model Based Troubleshooting
Hamscher, Walter - Davis, Randall

Formato:
Enlaces:	To determine why something has stopped working, it's helpful to know how it was supposed to work in the first place. This simple fact underlies recent work on a number of systems that do diagnosis from knowledge about the internal…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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59.

Formalizing Reusable Software Components in the Programmer's Apprentice
Rich, Charles - Waters, Richard C.

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Enlaces:	There has been a long-standing desire in computer science for a way of collecting and using libraries of standard software components. The limited success in actually doing this stems not from any resistance to the idea, nor from any lack…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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60.

Data and Model-Driven Selection Using Parallel-Line Groups
Tanveer, S. - Mahmood, F.

Formato:
Enlaces:	A key problem in model-based object recognition is selection, namely, the problem of isolating regions in an image that are likely to come from a single object. This isolation can be either based solely on image data (data-driven) or can…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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61.

Diagnostic Reasoning Based on Structure and Behavior
Davis - Randall

Formato:
Enlaces:	We describe a system that reasons from first principles, i.e., using knowledge of structure and behavior. The system has been implemented and tested on several examples in the domain of troubleshooting digital electronic circuits. We give an example of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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62.

Border-crossing knowledge networking among multinational firms : the case of R&D facilities
Shirvani-Mahdavi, Ali (Ali Agha), 1965-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	(cont.) which is expected, given their additional knowledge resources. The respondents' urgency in looking for the relevant knowledge is the primary explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not…
Fecha:	2005-09-27
Recurso:	MIT

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63.

Computer System for Visual Recognition Using Active Knowledge
Freuder, Eugene C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	A system for visual recognition is described, with implications for the general problem of representation of knowledge to assist control. The immediate objective is a computer system that will recognize objects in a visual scene, specifically hammers. The computer receives…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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64.

Re-engineering knowledge networks for development
Raghavan, Amrith, 1976-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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65.

The Design and Implementation of a Corporate Householding Knowledge Processor to Improve Data Quality
Madnick, Stuart - Wang, Richard - Xian, Xiang

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Advances in Corporate Householding are needed to address certain categories of data quality problems caused by data misinterpretation. In this paper, we first summarize some of these data quality problems and our more recent results from studying corporate householding applications…
Fecha:	2004-02-06
Recurso:	MIT

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66.

D-SCRIPT: A Computational Theory of Descriptions
Moore, Robert C.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper descries D-SCRIPT, a language for representing knowledge in artificial intelligence programs. D-SCRIPT contains a powerful formalism for descriptions, which permits the representation of statements that are problematical for other systems. Particular attention is paid to problems of opaque…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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67.

The Structure of Mathematical Knowledge
Michener, Edwina Rissland

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report develops a conceptual framework in which to talk about mathematical knowledge. There are several broad categories of mathematical knowledge: results which contain the traditional logical aspects of mathematics; examples which contain illustrative material; and concepts which include formal…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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68.

Explicit Control of Reasoning
Kleer, Johan de - Doyle, Jon - Steele, Guy L., Jr. - Sussman, Gerald Jay

Formato:
Enlaces:	The construction of expert problem-solving systems requires the development of techniques for using modular representations of knowledge without encountering combinatorial explosions in the solution effort. This report describes an approach to dealing with this problem based on making some knowledge…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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69.

The Role of Knowledge in Visual Shape Representation
Saund, Eric

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Enlaces:	This report shows how knowledge about the visual world can be built into a shape representation in the form of a descriptive vocabulary making explicit the important geometrical relationships comprising objects' shapes. Two computational tools are offered: (1) Shapestokens are…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Qualitative Knowledge, Casual Reasoning and the Localization of Failures
Brown, Allen

Formato:
Enlaces:	This report investigates some techinques appropriate to representing the knowledge necessary for understanding a class of electronic machines -- radio receivers. A computational performance model - WATSON - is presented. WATSONs task is to isolate failures in radio receivers whose…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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71.

Using Analogy to Acquire Commonsense Knowledge from Human Contributors
Chklovski, Timothy

Formato:
Enlaces:	The goal of the work reported here is to capture the commonsense knowledge of non-expert human contributors. Achieving this goal will enable more intelligent human-computer interfaces and pave the way for computers to reason about our world. In the domain…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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72.

Learning Commonsense Categorical Knowledge in a Thread Memory System
Stamatoiu, Oana L.

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Enlaces:	If we are to understand how we can build machines capable of broad purpose learning and reasoning, we must first aim to build systems that can represent, acquire, and reason about the kinds of commonsense knowledge that we humans have…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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73.

A Computational Model for the Acquisition and Use of Phonological Knowledge
Yip, Kenneth - Sussman, Gerald Jay

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Enlaces:	Does knowledge of language consist of symbolic rules? How do children learn and use their linguistic knowledge? To elucidate these questions, we present a computational model that acquires phonological knowledge from a corpus of common English nouns and verbs. In…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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74.

Qualitative and Quantitative Knowledge in Classical Mechanics
Kleer, Johan De

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis investigates what knowledge is necessary to solve mechanics problems. A program NEWTON is described which understands and solves problems in mechanics mini-world of objects moving on surfaces. Facts and equations such as those given in mechanics text need…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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75.

Exemplifying Business Opportunities for Improving Data Quality From Corporate Household Research
Madnick, Stuart - Wang, Richard - Chettayar, Krishna - Dravis, Frank - Funk, James - Katz-Haas, Raïssa - Lee, Cindy - Lee, Yang - Xian, Xiang - Bhansali, Sumit

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	Corporate household (CHH) refers to the organizational information about the structure within the corporation and a variety of inter-organizational relationships. Knowledge derived from this data is becoming increasingly important for improving data quality in applications, such as Customer…
Fecha:	2004-12-10
Recurso:	MIT

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76.

Spatial Knowledge
Kuipers, Benjamin

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper introduces a model of spatial cognition to describe the states of partial knowledge that people have about the spatial structure of a large-scale environment. Spatial knowledge has several different representations, each of which captures one aspect of the…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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77.

Meta-Rules: Reasoning About Control
Davis - Randall

Formato:
Enlaces:	How can we insure that knowledge embedded in a program is applied effectively? Traditionally the answer to this question has been sought in different problem solving paradigms and in different approaches to encoding and indexing knowledge. Each of these is…
Fecha:	2004-10-08
Recurso:	MIT

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78.

Description Logic Programs: Combining Logic Programs with Description Logic
Grosof, Benjamin - Horrocks, Ian - Volz, Raphael - Decker, Stefan

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	We show how to interoperate, semantically and inferentially, between the leading Semantic Web approaches to rules (RuleML Logic Programs) and ontologies (OWL/DAML+OIL Description Logic) via analyzing their expressive intersection. To do so, we define a new intermediate knowledge representation (KR)…
Fecha:	2004-02-13
Recurso:	MIT

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79.

Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious
Minsky, Marvin

Formato:
Enlaces:	Freud's theory of jokes explains how they overcome the mental "censors" that make it hard for us to think "forbidden" thoughts. But his theory did not work so well for humorous nonsense as for other comical subjects. In this essay…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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80.

The Progressive Construction of Mind
Lawler, Robert W.

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Enlaces:	We propose a vision of the structure of knowledge and processes of learning based upon the particularity of experience. Highly specific cognitive structures are constructed through activities in limited domains of experience. For new domains, new cognitive structures develop from…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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81.

On "Learnable" Representations of Knowledge: A Meaning for the Computational Metaphor
diSessa, Andrea A.

Formato:
Enlaces:	The computational metaphor which proposes the comparison of processes of mind to realizable or imaginable computer activities suggests a number of educational concerns. This paper discusses some of those concerns including procedural modes of knowledge representation and control knowledge ??owing…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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82.

Frame-based Text Processing
Rosenberg, Steven T.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper presents an overview of a theory of discourse structure, and discusses a model for assimilating text into a frame-based data structure. The model has been applied to the analysis of news articles. The theory assumes sentences contain links…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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83.

Using English For Indexing and Retrieving
Katz, Boris

Formato:
Enlaces:	This paper describes a natural language system START. The system analyzes English text and automatically transforms it into an appropriate representation, the knowledge base, which incorporates the information found in the text. The user gains access to information stored in…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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84.

Reasoning from Incomplete Knowledge in a Procedural Deduction System
Moore, Robert Carter

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Enlaces:	One very useful idea in AI research has been the notion of an explicit model of a problem situation. Procedural deduction languages, such as PLANNER, have been valuable tools for building these models. But PLANNER and its relatives are very…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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85.

Roles of Knowledge in Motor Learning
Atkeson, Christopher Granger

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Enlaces:	The goal of this thesis is to apply the computational approach to motor learning, i.e., describe the constraints that enable performance improvement with experience and also the constraints that must be satisfied by a motor learning system, describe what is…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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86.

Representing Knowledge of Large-Scale Space
Kuipers, Benjamin J.

Formato:
Enlaces:	This dissertation presents a model of the knowledge a person has about the spatial structure of a large-scale environment: the "cognitive map". The functions of the cognitive map are to assimilate new information about the environment, to represent the current…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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87.

Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory
Gupta, Amar - Seshasai, Satwik

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or…
Fecha:	2004-03-12
Recurso:	MIT

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88.

Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory
Gupta, Amar - Seshasai, Satwik

Formato:	Working Paper
Enlaces:	The term 24-Hour Knowledge Factory connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to…
Fecha:	2004-12-10
Recurso:	MIT

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89.

Test Generation Guided Design for Testability
Wu, Peng

Formato:
Enlaces:	This thesis presents a new approach to building a design for testability (DFT) system. The system takes a digital circuit description, finds out the problems in testing it, and suggests circuit modifications to correct those problems. The key contributions of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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90.

A Study of Qualitative and Geometric Knowledge in Reasoning about Motion
Forbus, Kenneth D.

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Enlaces:	Reasoning about motion is an important part of our commonsense knowledge, involving fluent spatial reasoning. This work studies the qualitative and geometric knowledge required to reason in a world that consists of balls moving through space constrained by collisions with…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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91.

Mapping the R&D knowledge network, Mapping the research and development knowledge network
Liew, Kou-Yew, 1972-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	Knowledge networks have received a significant amount of attention in the past few decades as people look beyond corporate governance and resource-based approaches to uncover sources of competitive advantage. While this area of research is useful for organizations in general,…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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92.

Learning commonsense categorical knowledge in a thread memory system
Stamatoiu, Oana L. (Oana Liana), 1981-

Formato:	Thesis
Enlaces:	If we are to understand how we can build machines capable of broad purpose learning and reasoning, we must first aim to build systems that can represent, acquire, and reason about the kinds of commonsense knowledge that we humans have…
Fecha:	2005-06-02
Recurso:	MIT

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93.

Understanding Understanding Mathematics
Michener, Edwina Rissland

Formato:
Enlaces:	In this paper we look at some of the ingredients and processes involved in the understanding of mathematics. We analyze elements of mathematical knowledge, organize them in a coherent way and take note of certain classes of items that share…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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94.

NUDGE, A Knowledge-Based Scheduling Program
Goldstein, Ira P. - Roberts, R. Bruce

Formato:
Enlaces:	Traditional scheduling algorithms (using the techniques of PERT charts, decision analysis or operations research) require well-defined quantitative, complete sets of constraints. They are insufficient for scheduling situations where the problem description is ill-defined, involving incomplete, possibly inconsistent and generally qualitative…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
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95.

A Frame for Frames: Representing Knowledge for Recognition
Kuipers, Benjamin J.

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Enlaces:	This paper presents a version of frames suitable for representing knowledge for a class of reconition problems. An initial section gives an intuitive model of frames, and illustrates a number of desirable features of such a representation. A more technical…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
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96.

Taxonomic Syntax for First-Order Inference
McAllester, David - Givan, Robert

Formato:
Enlaces:	Most knowledge representation languages are based on classes and taxonomic relationships between classes. Taxonomic hierarchies without defaults or exceptions are semantically equivalent to a collection of formulas in first order predicate calculus. Although designers of knowledge representation languages often express…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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97.

Automated Acquisition of Evolving Informal Descriptions
Reubenstein, Howard B.

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Enlaces:	The Listener is an automated system that unintrusively performs knowledge acquisition from informal input. The Listener develops a coherent internal representation of a description from an initial set of disorganized, imprecise, incomplete, ambiguous, and possibly inconsistent statements. The Listener can…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
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98.

Toward a Theory of Representation Design
Baalen, Jeffrey Van

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Enlaces:	This research is concerned with designing representations for analytical reasoning problems (of the sort found on the GRE and LSAT). These problems test the ability to draw logical conclusions. A computer program was developed that takes as input a straightforward…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
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99.

Generating Circuit Tests by Exploiting Designed Behavior
Shirley, Mark Harper

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Enlaces:	This thesis describes two programs for generating tests for digital circuits that exploit several kinds of expert knowledge not used by previous approaches. First, many test generation problems can be solved efficiently using operation relations, a novel representation of circuit…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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100.

Toward A Model Of Children's Story Comprehension
Charniak, Eugene

Formato:
Enlaces:	How does a person answer questions about children's stories? For example, consider 'Janet wanted Jack's paints. She looked at the picture he was painting and said 'Those paints make your picture look funny.' The question to ask is 'Why did…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT