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Abstraction in Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems / by Lorenza Saitta, Jean-Daniel Zucker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Saitta, Lorenza, 1944- author.
Zucker, Jean-Daniel, author.
Contributor:
SpringerLink (Online service)
Series:
Computer Science (Springer-11645)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Artificial intelligence.
Optical data processing.
Data mining.
Application software.
Artificial Intelligence.
Image Processing and Computer Vision.
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.
Local Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence.
Image Processing and Computer Vision.
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (XVI, 484 pages)
Edition:
First edition 2013.
Contained In:
Springer eBooks
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
System Details:
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Summary:
Abstraction is a fundamental mechanism underlying both human and artificial perception, representation of knowledge, reasoning and learning. This mechanism plays a crucial role in many disciplines, notably Computer Programming, Natural and Artificial Vision, Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Art, and Cognitive Sciences. This book first provides the reader with an overview of the notions of abstraction proposed in various disciplines by comparing both commonalities and differences. After discussing the characterizing properties of abstraction, a formal model, the KRA model, is presented to capture them. This model makes the notion of abstraction easily applicable by means of the introduction of a set of abstraction operators and abstraction patterns, reusable across different domains and applications. It is the impact of abstraction in Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems and Machine Learning which creates the core of the book. A general framework, based on the KRA model, is presented, and its pragmatic power is illustrated with three case studies: Model-based diagnosis, Cartographic Generalization, and learning Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models.
Contents:
Introduction
Abstraction in Different Disciplines
Abstraction in Artificial Intelligence
Definitions of Abstraction
Boundaries of Abstraction
The KRA Model
Abstraction Operators and Design Patterns
Properties of the KRA Model
Abstraction in Machine Learning
Simplicity, Complex Systems, and Abstraction
Case Studies and Applications
Discussion
Conclusion.
Other Format:
Printed edition:
ISBN:
978-1-4614-7052-6
9781461470526
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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