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Thinking between the lines : computers and the comprehension of causal descriptions

Title: Thinking between the lines : computers and the comprehension of causal descriptions / Gary C. Borchardt.
Author: Borchardt, Gary C.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.

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Description

xii, 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

This text challenges the design of programs that can read and reason on the basis of written causal descriptions such as those that appear in encyclopaedias and user manuals and presents a theory of representation called "transition space", implemented in a program called "PATHFINDER".

Series Statement

Artificial intelligence

Uniform Title

Artificial intelligence (Cambridge, Mass.)

Subject

Genre/Form

PATHFINDER (Expertensystem)

Note

Based on the author thesis (doctoral)--MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1992.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-293) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Causal Reconstruction -- 3. Transition Space -- 4. Matching in Transition Space -- 5. Inference, Background Statements and Assumptions -- 6. Exploratory Transformations -- 7. Making Use of Connecting Statements -- 8. An Extended Example -- 9. Related Literature -- 10. Conclusions -- A. PATHFINDER Implementation -- B. PATHFINDER Test Examples.

ISBN

0262023741
9780262023740

LCCN

93036770

OCLC

ocm28964029
28964029
SCSB-2047070

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library