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

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

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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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Hypothesis Formation and Evaluation in Medical Diagnosis
Rubin, Ann D.

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Enlaces:	This thesis describes some aspects of a computer system for doing medical diagnosis in the specialized field of kidney disease. Because such a system faces the spectre of combinatorial explosion, this discussion concentrates on heuristics which control the number of…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
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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Test Generation Guided Design for Testability
Wu, Peng

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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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ONTIC: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics
McAllester, David Allen

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Enlaces:	Ontic is an interactive system for developing and verifying mathematics. Ontic's verification mechanism is capable of automatically finding and applying information from a library containing hundreds of mathematical facts. Starting with only the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, the Ontic…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits
Mcdermott, Drew Vincent

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Enlaces:	This report is concerned with the problem of achieving flexibility (additivity, modularity) and efficiency (performance, expertise) simultaneously in one AI program. It deals with the domain of elementary electronic circuit design. The proposed solution is to provide a deduction-driven problem…
Fecha:	2004-10-20
Recurso:	MIT

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Toward a Requirements Apprentice: On the Boundary Between Informal and Formal Specifications
Rich, Charles - Waters, Richard C.

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Enlaces:	Requirements acquisition is one of the most important and least well supported parts of the software development process. The Requirements Apprentice (RA) will assist a human analyst in the creation and modification of software requirements. Unlike current requirements analysis tools,…
Fecha:	2004-08-31
Recurso:	MIT

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Supporting Organizational Problem Solving with a Workstation
Barber, Gerald

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Enlaces:	This paper describes an approach to supporting work in the office. Using and extending ideas from the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) we describe office work as a problem solving activity. A knowledge embedding language called Omega is used to…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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Knowledge Partitioning in the Inter-firm Dividsion of Labor: the case of Automotive product Development
Takeishi, Akira

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Enlaces:	This paper demonstrates the importance of knowledge for effective management of outsourcing. Drawing on an empirical study on automakers? management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows that the level of own knowledge is critical for…
Fecha:	2002-06-26
Recurso:	MIT

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Creating and Managing a High Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network: The Toyota Case
Dyer, Jeffrey - Nobeoka, Kentaro

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Enlaces:	This study offers a detailed case study of how Toyota facilitates interorganizational knowledge transfers among within its production network. In particular, we identiify and examine six key institutionalized knowledge sharing routines developed by Toyota and its suppliers. By examining how…
Fecha:	2002-07-10
Recurso:	MIT

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

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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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Model-Based Reasoning: Troubleshooting
Davis, Randall - Hamscher, Walter C.

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Enlaces:	To determine why something has stopped working, it is useful to know how it was supposed to work in the first place. That simple observation underlies some of the considerable interest generated in recent years on the topic of model-based…
Fecha:	2004-10-04
Recurso:	MIT

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The FRL Primer
Roberts, R. Bruce - Goldstein, Ira P.

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Enlaces:	The Frame Representation Language (FRL) is an experimental language written to explore the use of frames as a knowledge representation technique. The term 'frame' as used in FRL was inspired by Minsky's [75] development of frame theory. FRL extends the…
Fecha:	2004-10-01
Recurso:	MIT

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

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

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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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The Structure of Mathematical Knowledge
Michener, Edwina Rissland

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

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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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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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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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Qualitative and Quantitative Knowledge in Classical Mechanics
Kleer, Johan De

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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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The Influence of Customer Scope on Supplier Learning and Performance in the Japanese Automobile Industry
Nobeoka, Kentaro - Dyer, Jeffrey

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Enlaces:	Most studies on Japanese supplier-automaker relationships have focused on the nature of the dyadic inter-firm relationship and the performance of the assembler. We examine the relationship between a Japanese supplier's "customer scope strategy" (i.e. number of customers) and the supplier's…
Fecha:	2002-07-18
Recurso:	MIT

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Spatial Knowledge
Kuipers, Benjamin

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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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Meta-Rules: Reasoning About Control
Davis - Randall

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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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Improving Data Quality Through Effective Use of Data Semantics
Madnick, Stuart E.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	Data quality issues have taken on increasing importance in recent years. In our research, we have discovered that many “data quality” problems are actually “data misinterpretation” problems – that is, problems with data semantics. In this paper, we first illustrate…
Fecha:	2003-12-13
Recurso:	MIT

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Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious
Minsky, Marvin

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

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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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Frame-based Text Processing
Rosenberg, Steven T.

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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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Using English For Indexing and Retrieving
Katz, Boris

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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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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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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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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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Knowledge Networks, the Internet and, Development
Cukor, Peter - McKnight, Lee

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Enlaces:	Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are playing a significant role in economic, political and cultural development. The relationship between technologies supporting information processing and distribution, and the application of that knowledge for development purposes has only recently come into focus.…
Fecha:	2002-07-22
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 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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39.

A Hybrid Intelligent System for Stamping Process Planning in Progressive Die Design
Zhang, W.Y. - Tor, Shu Beng - Britton, G.A.

Formato:	Article
Enlaces:	This paper presents an intelligent, hybrid system for stamping process planning in progressive die design. The system combines the flexibility of blackboard architecture with case-based reasoning. The hybrid system has the advantage that it can use past knowledge and experience…
Fecha:	2003-12-14
Recurso:	MIT

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Understanding Understanding Mathematics
Michener, Edwina Rissland

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

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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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
Recurso:	MIT

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43.

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

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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