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Modelling spatial knowledge on a linguistic basis : theory, prototype, integration / Ewald Lang, Kai-Uwe Carstensen, Geoffrey Simmons.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Lecture notes in computer science ; 481. | Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1991.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 137 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783540470519
  • 3540470514
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modelling spatial knowledge on a linguistic basis.DDC classification:
  • 410/.285 20
LOC classification:
  • Q387 .L36 1991
Other classification:
  • 17.46
  • 54.72
Online resources:
Contents:
A linguistic approach to spatial knowledge -- The implementation of OSKAR -- The integration of OSKAR into the LILOG system.
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Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137).

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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.

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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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