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The process of question answering : a computer simulation of cognition

Title
The process of question answering : a computer simulation of cognition / Wendy G. Lehnert.
Author
Lehnert, Wendy G.
Publication
  • Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, [1978]
  • New York : Distributed by Halsted Press
  • ©1978.

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Description
ix, 278 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book describes question answering as a particular task in information processing. The theoretical models described here have been built on a foundation of general theories in natural language processing: theories about language that were developed without the specific problem of question answering in mind. By requiring programmers to be concerned with the precise form of information in memory, and the precise operations manipulating that information, they can uncover significant problems that would otherwise be overlooked.
Alternative Title
Computer simulation of cognition
Subject
  • Die Antwort Musikgruppe
  • Question-answering systems
  • Online data processing
  • Help systems (Software)
  • Online Systems
  • 54.72 artificial intelligence
  • Online data processing
  • Question-answering systems
  • Computersimulation
  • Dialogsystem
  • Frage
  • Kognitiver Prozess
  • Künstliche Intelligenz
  • Antwort
  • Vragen
  • Antwoorden
  • Kennissystemen
  • Questions et réponses, Systèmes de
Genre/Form
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Instructional and educational works.
  • Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 271-273.
Contents
Problems, previews, and programs -- Motivation and background -- Part I. Interpretation : understanding questions ; Conceptual categories for questions -- Recategorizing questions by inferential analysis -- Part II. Memory searches : finding an answer ; Content specification -- Searching memory -- Focus establishment -- Understanding what did not happen -- Finding the best answer -- Conceptual primitives for physical objects -- More problems -- Perspective and conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0470264853
  • 9780470264850
LCCN
78014743
OCLC
  • ocm04135503
  • 4135503
  • SCSB-278220
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library