The Knowledge Frontier: Essays in the Representation of Knowledge (Symbolic Computation)

Cercone, Nick, Gordon McCalla, eds [Computer Science]

ISBN 10: 0387965572 / ISBN 13: 9780387965574

Published by Springer, 1987

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xxxv, 512pp. Printed hard covers are somewhat toned. Textblock is exceedingly clean and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Knowledge Frontier: Essays in the Representation of Knowledge (Symbolic Computation)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387965572
• ISBN 13: 9780387965574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: NEAR FINE
• Weight: 36 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Knowledge representation is perhaps the most central problem confronting artificial intelligence. Expert systems need knowledge of their domain of expertise in order to function properly. Computer vlslOn systems need to know characteristics of what they are "seeing" in order to be able to fully interpret scenes. Natural language systems are invaluably aided by knowledge of the subject of the natural language discourse and knowledge of the participants in the discourse. Knowledge can guide learning systems towards better understanding and can aid problem solving systems in creating plans to solve various problems. Applications such as intelligent tutoring. computer-aided VLSI design. game playing. automatic programming. medical reasoning. diagnosis in various domains. and speech recogOltlOn. to name a few. are all currently experimenting with knowledge-based approaches. The problem of knowledge representation breaks down into several subsidiary problems including what knowledge to represent in a particular application. how to extract or create that knowledge. how to represent the knowledge efficiently and effectively. how to implement the knowledge representation scheme chosen. how to modify the knowledge in the face of a changing world. how to reason with the knowledge. and how tc use the knowledge appropriately in the creation of the application solution. This volume contains an elaboration of many of these basic issues from a variety of perspectives.