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The subtlety of sameness : a theory and computer model of analogy-making

Title
The subtlety of sameness : a theory and computer model of analogy-making / Robert M. French.
Author
French, Robert M. (Robert Matthew), 1951-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1995.

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Description
xvi, 190 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
"The research described in this book is based on the premise that human analogy-making is an extension of our constant background process of perceiving - in other words, that analogy-making and the perception of sameness are two sides of the same coin. At the heart of the author's theory and computer model of analogy-making is the idea that the building-up and the manipulation of representations are inseparable aspects of mental functioning, in contrast to traditional AI models of high-level cognitive processes, which have almost always depended on a clean separation."--BOOK JACKET. "A computer program called Tabletop forms analogies in a microdomain consisting of everyday objects on a table set for a meal. The theory and the program rely on the idea that myriad stochastic choices made on the microlevel can add up to statistical robustness on a macrolevel. To illustrate this, French includes the results of thousands of runs of his program on several dozen interrelated analogy problems in the Tabletop microworld."--Jacket.
Series Statement
A Bradford book
Subject
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Analogy
  • Artificial Intelligence [MESH]
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • artificial intelligence
  • analogy
  • Analogy
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Modell
  • Künstliche Intelligenz
  • Analogie
  • Kunstmatige intelligentie
  • Analogie
Note
  • "A Bradford book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Daniel Dennett -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Recognition to Analogy-Making: The Central Role of Slippage -- 2. The Tabletop Microdomain -- 3. The Architecture of Tabletop -- 4. Tabletop's Performance Up Close -- 5. Tabletop's Personality Profile -- 6. Comparisons with Other Work -- 7. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0262061805
  • 9780262061803
LCCN
95008723
OCLC
  • ocm32396386
  • 32396386
  • SCSB-2072155
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library