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Smith, Julian P. "Neural networks, information theory and knowledge representation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20801.
Full textPlate, Tony A. "Holographic reduced representation : distributed representation for cognitive structures /." Stanford, Calif. : CSLI, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/2003043513.html.
Full textKhor, Sebastian W. "A fuzzy knowledge map framework for knowledge representation /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070822.32701.
Full textDing, Yingjia. "Knowledge retention with genetic algorithms by multiple levels of representation." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052009-020026/.
Full textBarb, Adrian S. "Knowledge representation and exchange of visual patterns using semantic abstractions." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6674.
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Babaian, Tamara. "Knowledge representation and open world planning using [Greek letter Psi]-forms /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2000.
Find full textAdviser: James G. Schmolze. Submitted to the Dept. of Computer Science. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-156). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;
Nowak, Krzysztof Zbigniew. "Conceptual reasoning : belief, multiple agents and preference /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phn946.pdf.
Full textSalgado-Arteaga, Francisco. "A study on object-oriented knowledge representation." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935944.
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Pivkina, Inna Valentinovna. "REVISION PROGRAMMING: A KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION FORMALISM." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2001. http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukycosc2001d00022/pivkina.pdf.
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Austin, Lydia B. (Lydia Bronwen). "Individual differences in knowledge representation and problem- solving performance in physics." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41100.
Full textNuopponen, Anita. "Begreppssystem för terminologisk analys." Vasa : Universitas Wasaensis, 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/32858045.html.
Full textLi, Vincent. "Knowledge representation and problem solving for an intelligent tutoring system." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29657.
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Bjarnadottir, Bjorg. "Phases of knowledge in lexical acquisition : a developmental study into four to twelve year olds decipherment of unfamiliar words from linguistic contexts during continuous assessment." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2608.
Full textThivierge, Jean-Philippe. "Knowledge selection, mapping and transfer in artificial neural networks." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111824.
Full textMoorman, Kenneth Matthew. "A functional theory of creative reading : process, knowledge, and evaluation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/9122.
Full textKong, Choi-yu. "Effective partial ontology mapping in a pervasive computing environment." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B32002737.
Full textKong, Choi-yu, and 江采如. "Effective partial ontology mapping in a pervasive computing environment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B32002737.
Full textAssefa, Shimelis G. "Human concept cognition and semantic relations in the unified medical language system: A coherence analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4008/.
Full textDuminy, Willem H. "A learning framework for zero-knowledge game playing agents." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172007-153836.
Full textDulipovici, Alina Maria. "Exploring IT-Based Knowledge Sharing Practices: Representing Knowledge within and across Projects." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cis_diss/33.
Full textMadhavan, Jayant. "Using known schemas and mappings to construct new semantic mappings /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6852.
Full textAssefa, Shimelis G. O'Connor Brian C. "Human concept cognition and semantic relations in the unified medical language system a coherence analysis /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-4008.
Full textWang, Yufei. "Ontology engineering the brain gene ontology case study : submitted by Yufei Wang ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Computer and Information Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, March 2007." Click here access this resource online, 2007. http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/104.
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Wood, A. R. "Acoustic-phonetic reasoning in computer understanding of speech using frame-based expert knowledge to interpret the 'Speech Sketch' a representation of the acoustic parametric behaviou." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356461.
Full textEast, Deborah Jeanine. "Datalog with constraints a new answer-set programming formalism /." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2001. http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukycosc2001d00017/deast-06-01.pdf.
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Almassian, Amin. "Information Representation and Computation of Spike Trains in Reservoir Computing Systems with Spiking Neurons and Analog Neurons." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2724.
Full textBabalola, Olubi Oluyomi. "A model based framework for semantic interpretation of architectural construction drawings." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47553.
Full textMuzondo, Shingirirai. "Knowledge production in a think tank: a case study of the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/252.
Full textMilette, Greg P. "Analogical matching using device-centric and environment-centric representations of function." Link to electronic thesis, 2006. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050406-145255/.
Full textKeywords: Analogy, Design, Functional Modeling, Functional Reasoning, Knowledge Representation, Repertory Grid, SME, Structure Mapping Engine, AI in design. Includes bibliographical references (p.106).
Waller, David A. "An assessment of individual differences in spatial knowledge of real and virtual environments /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9049.
Full textMcCallum, Simon, and n/a. "Catastrophic forgetting and the pseudorehearsal solution in Hopfield networks." University of Otago. Department of Computer Sciences, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080130.105101.
Full textRen, Yuan. "Tractable reasoning with quality guarantee for expressive description logics." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2014. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=217884.
Full textDesbiens, Charles. "Base de connaissances pour la supervision de procédés /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. http://theses.uqac.ca.
Full textSarkar, Somwrita. "Acquiring symbolic design optimization problem reformulation knowledge." Connect to full text, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5683.
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Aucher, Guillaume, and n/a. "Perspectives on belief and change." University of Otago. Department of Computer Science, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20081003.115428.
Full textDe, Kock Erika. "Decentralising the codification of rules in a decision support expert knowledge base." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03042004-105746.
Full textBrennan, Jane Computer Science & Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "A framework for modelling spatial proximity." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Computer Science & Engineering, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43311.
Full textSarkar, Somwrita. "Acquiring symbolic design optimization problem reformulation knowledge: On computable relationships between design syntax and semantics." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5683.
Full textLindsay, Jeffrey Thomas. "The effect of a simultaneous speech discrimination task on navigation in a virtual." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-04102006-103948/.
Full textYaner, Patrick William. "From Shape to Function: Acquisition of Teleological Models from Design Drawings by Compositional Analogy." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19791.
Full textCommittee Chair: Goel, Ashok; Committee Member: Eastman, Charles; Committee Member: Ferguson, Ronald; Committee Member: Glasgow, Janice; Committee Member: Nersessian, Nancy; Committee Member: Ram, Ashwin.
Reul, Quentin H. "Role of description logic reasoning in ontology matching." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=186278.
Full textTehan, Jennifer R. "Age-related differences in deceit detection the role of emotion recognition /." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-04102006-110201/.
Full textZimanyi, Esteban. "Incomplete and uncertain information in relational databases." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/212914.
Full textIn real life it is very often the case that the available knowledge is imperfect in the sense that it represents multiple possible states of the external world, yet it is unknown which state corresponds to the actual situation of the world. Imperfect knowledge can be of two different categories. Knowledge is incomplete if it represents different states, one of which is true in the external world. On the contrary, knowledge is uncertain if it represents different states which may be satisfied or are likely to be true in the external world.
Imperfect knowledge can be considered under two different perspectives: using either an algebraic or a logical approach. We present both approaches in relation with the standard relational model, providing the necessary background for the subsequent development.
The study of imperfect knowledge has been an active area of research, in particular in the context of relational databases. However, due to the complexity of manipulating imperfect knowledge, little practical results have been obtained so far. In this thesis we provide a survey of the field of incompleteness and uncertainty in relational databases;it can be used also as an introductory tutorial for understanding the intuitive semantics and the problems encountered when representing and manipulating such imperfect knowledge. The survey concentrates in giving an unifying presentation of the different approaches and results found in the literature, thus providing a state of the art in the field.
The rest of the thesis studies in detail the manipulation of one type of incomplete knowledge, namely disjunctive information, and one type of uncertain knowledge, namely probabilistic information. We study both types of imperfect knowledge using similar approaches, that is through an algebraic and a logical framework. The relational algebra operators are generalized for disjunctive and probabilistic relations, and we prove the correctness of these generalizations. In addition, disjunctive and probabilistic databases are formalized using appropriate logical theories and we give sound and complete query evaluation algorithms.
A major implication of these studies is the conviction that viewing incompleteness and uncertainty as different facets of the same problem would allow to achieve a deeper understanding of imperfect knowledge, which is absolutely necessary for building information systems capable of modeling complex real-life situations.
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Lakkaraju, Sai Kiran. "A SLDNF formalization for updates and abduction /." View thesis View thesis, 2001. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030507.112018/index.html.
Full text"A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Science (Honours) - Computing and Information Technology at University of Western Sydney" Bibliography : leaves 93-98.
Lister, Kendall. "Toward semantic interoperability for software systems." Connect to thesis, 2008. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/3594.
Full textIn order to interact and collaborate effectively, agents, whether human or software, must be able to communicate through common understandings and compatible conceptualisations. Ontological differences that occur either from pre-existing assumptions or as side-effects of the process of specification are a fundamental obstacle that must be overcome before communication can occur. Similarly, the integration of information from heterogeneous sources is an unsolved problem. Efforts have been made to assist integration, through both methods and mechanisms, but automated integration remains an unachieved goal. Communication and information integration are problems of meaning and interaction, or semantic interoperability. This thesis contributes to the study of semantic interoperability by identifying, developing and evaluating three approaches to the integration of information. These approaches have in common that they are lightweight in nature, pragmatic in philosophy and general in application.
The first work presented is an effort to integrate a massive, formal ontology and knowledge-base with semi-structured, informal heterogeneous information sources via a heuristic-driven, adaptable information agent. The goal of the work was to demonstrate a process by which task-specific knowledge can be identified and incorporated into the massive knowledge-base in such a way that it can be generally re-used. The practical outcome of this effort was a framework that illustrates a feasible approach to providing the massive knowledge-base with an ontologically-sound mechanism for automatically generating task-specific information agents to dynamically retrieve information from semi-structured information sources without requiring machine-readable meta-data.
The second work presented is based on reviving a previously published and neglected algorithm for inferring semantic correspondences between fields of tables from heterogeneous information sources. An adapted form of the algorithm is presented and evaluated on relatively simple and consistent data collected from web services in order to verify the original results, and then on poorly-structured and messy data collected from web sites in order to explore the limits of the algorithm. The results are presented via standard measures and are accompanied by detailed discussions on the nature of the data encountered and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the algorithm and the ways in which it complements other approaches that have been proposed.
Acknowledging the cost and difficulty of integrating semantically incompatible software systems and information sources, the third work presented is a proposal and a working prototype for a web site to facilitate the resolving of semantic incompatibilities between software systems prior to deployment, based on the commonly-accepted software engineering principle that the cost of correcting faults increases exponentially as projects progress from phase to phase, with post-deployment corrections being significantly more costly than those performed earlier in a project’s life. The barriers to collaboration in software development are identified and steps taken to overcome them. The system presented draws on the recent collaborative successes of social and collaborative on-line projects such as SourceForge, Del.icio.us, digg and Wikipedia and a variety of techniques for ontology reconciliation to provide an environment in which data definitions can be shared, browsed and compared, with recommendations automatically presented to encourage developers to adopt data definitions compatible with previously developed systems.
In addition to the experimental works presented, this thesis contributes reflections on the origins of semantic incompatibility with a particular focus on interaction between software systems, and between software systems and their users, as well as detailed analysis of the existing body of research into methods and techniques for overcoming these problems.
Romariz, Alexandre Ricardo Soares. "Representação e aquisição de regras em sistemas conexionistas." [s.n.], 1995. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/259557.
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Resumo: Este trabalho trata da representação de conhecimento estruturado (na forma de regras) em sistemas conexionistas. Primeiramente, é feito um estudo sobre redes conexionistas modulares, nas quais grupos de neurônios podem ser associados a antecedentes e conseqüências de regras. Em seguida, mostram-se formas pelas quais estas redes são associadas a conceitos de lógica nebulosa, nos chamados sistemas neuronebulosos. Um algoritmo de aquisição incremental é proposto para tais sistemas. Nele, promove-se alteração estrutural e não apenas adaptação de parâmetros da rede. Novas regras vão sendo adicionadas para lidar com padrões ainda não cobertos pelas regras existentes. O erro decorrente da aplicação de uma regra é usado como indicador da função de pertinência da mesma ... Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital
Abstract: This work addresses the problem of representing structured knowledge (as a set of rules) in connectionist systems. First, modular connectionist networks are studied. In this kind of network, groups of neurons may be associated with rule antecedents or consequents. Next, we show some ways by which these networks are associated with fuzzy logic concepts (neuro-fuzzy systems). An algorithm for incremental rule is proposed for these systems. Strucutural modification as well as parameters adaptation are considered. New rules are added periodically to deal with patterns which are not yet convered by the existing rules. The error that results from the application of each rule is used as an indication for membership function construction ... Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations
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Silva, Julianne Teixeira e. "Noção de representação na Ciência da Informação: concepções a partir da filosofia de Arthur Schopenhauer." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/9724.
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It is presented an enlargement of the notion field of information representation in the context of Information Science, bringing the trace of epistemic trajectory, from Classical Antiquity and its western linear thought, passing by its heritages, until the perceived connections between Information Science and the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer. The thesis that it would be found such resource to the bases of this enlargement in the thought of Schopenhauer, which defends the comparison and reflection between the philosophic aspects of the thought of the author and the theoretical bases of Information Representation in the ambit of Information Science, in Brazil, it indicated, from the reflections and arguments enrolled, that there are relevant elements in the thought of Schopenhauer, in which there are points of theoretical convergence that can ground these debates in the ambit of Information Science, mainly in the Theory of Knowledge developed by Schopenhauer, especially in its notion of conceptual spheres.
Apresenta-se um alargamento do campo nocional da representação da informação no contexto da Ciência da Informação, trazendo-se o traço do caminhar epistêmico, desde a antiguidade clássica e seu pensamento ocidental linear, passando por suas heranças, até as conexões percebidas entre a Ciência da Informação e o pensamento de Arthur Schopenhauer. A tese de que seria encontrado tal recurso para as bases desse alargamento no pensamento de Schopenhauer, e que defende o cotejamento e reflexão entre os aspectos filosóficos do pensamento do autor e as bases teóricas da representação da informação no seio da Ciência da Informação, no Brasil, indicou, diante das reflexões e argumentos arrolados, que existem relevantes elementos no pensamento schopenhaueriano, nos quais há pontos de convergência teórica e que podem fundamentar estes debates no âmbito da Ciência da Informação, sobretudo em sua Teoria do Conhecimento, especialmente na sua noção de esferas conceituais.
Verbancsics, Phillip. "Effective task transfer through indirect encoding." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4716.
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Longo, Cristiano. "Set theory for knowledge representation." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1031.
Full textRubin, Eran. "Domain knowledge representation in information systems." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15229.
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