Knowledge representation / Arthur B. Markman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markman, Arthur B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental representation.

Intellect.

Thought and thinking.

Cognitive science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions, in turn, influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an overview of types of knowledge representation techniques and their use in cognitive models. Organized around types of representations, this book begins with a discussion of the foundations of knowledge representation, then presents discussions of different ways that knowledge representatio

Contents:

Cover; Knowledge Representation; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Foundations; Chapter 2 Spatial Representations: What Do We Mean by Space?; Chapter 3 Featural Representations; Chapter 4 Network Models; Chapter 5 Structured Representations; Chapter 6 Structure in Perceptual Representations; Chapter 7 Structured Concept Represen tations; Chapter 8 General and Specific Information in Representation; Chapter 9 Mental Models; Chapter 10 Using Representation; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-315) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-80297-8

1-134-80290-0

0-8058-2441-3

0-203-76369-6

9780203763698

OCLC:

852757809