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Qualitative representations : how people reason and learn about the continuous world / Kenneth D. Forbus.

Van Pelt Library BF311 .F6297 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Forbus, Kenneth D., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cognition.
Reasoning.
Space perception.
Physical Description:
xvi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2018]
Contents:
Introduction and preliminaries
Introduction
Representation
Reasoning
Analogy
Dynamics
Quantity
Relationships between quantities
Qualitative process theory
Examples using QP theory
Causality
Qualitative simulation and reasoning about change
Modeling
Analogy in dynamics
Dynamics in language
Space
Qualitative spatial reasoning: a theoretical framework
Qualitative spatial calculi
Understanding sketches and diagrams
Learning and reasoning
Learning and conceptual change
Commonsense reasoning
Expert reasoning
Summary and new directions
Summary
New directions
Bibliography
Notes
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780262038942
0262038943
OCLC:
1029789097

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