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Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding An Inquiry Into Human Knowledge Structures
256 Pages
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Psychology Press
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Psychology Press
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First Published in 1977. In the summer of 1971, there was a workshop in an ill-defined field at the intersection of psychology, artificial intelligence, and linguistics. The fifteen participants were in various ways interested in the representation of large systems of knowledge (or beliefs) based upon an understanding process operating upon information expressed in natural language. This book... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Causal Chains. Scripts. Plans. Goals. Themes. Representation of Stories. Computer Programs. A Case Study in the Development of Knowledge Structures.
Biography
Roger C Schank Northwestern University, Illinois( Author), Robert P Abelson Yale Univeristy (Author)
"For both people and machines, each in their own way, there is a serious problem in common of making sense out of what they hear, see, or are told about the world. The conceptual apparatus necessary to perform even a partial feat of understanding is formidable and fascinating. Our analysis of this apparatus is what this book is about."
—Roger C. Schank and Robert P. Abelson
from the Introduction
