UID:
edoccha_9959186116002883
Format:
1 online resource (IX, 140 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 1991.
Edition:
Online edition Springer Lecture Notes Archive ; 041142-5
ISBN:
3-540-47051-4
Series Statement:
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 481
Content:
On the basis of a semantic analysis of dimension terms, this book develops a theory about knowledge of spatial objects, which is significant for cognitive linguistics and artificial intelligence. This new approach to knowledge structure evolves in a three-step process: - adoption of the linguistic theory with its elements, principles and representational levels, - implementation of the latter in a Prolog prototype, and - integration of the prototype into a large natural language understanding system. The study documents interdisciplinary research at work: the model of spatial knowledge is the fruit of the cooperative efforts of linguists, computational linguists, and knowledge engineers, undertaken in that logical and chronological order. The book offers a two-level approach to semantic interpretation and proves that it works by means of a precise computer implementation, which in turn is applied to support a task-independent knowledge representation system. Each of these stages is described in detail, and the links are made explicit, thus retracing the evolution from theory to practice.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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A linguistic approach to spatial knowledge -- The implementation of OSKAR -- The integration of OSKAR into the LILOG system.
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English
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-540-53718-X
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020982