1st Edition
The Process of Question Answering A Computer Simulation of Cognition
By Wendy G. Lehnert
Copyright 1978
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1978, The Process of Question Answering examines a phenomenon that relies on many realms of human cognition: language comprehension, memory retrieval, and language generation. Problems in computational question answering assume a new perspective when question answering is viewed as a problem in natural language processing. A theory of human question answering must... Read more
Preface. 1. Problems, Previews and Programs 2. Motivation and Background Part I: Interpretation: Understanding Questions 3. Conceptual Categories for Questions 4. Recategorizing Questions by Inferential Analysis Part II: Memory Searches: Finding an Answer 5. Content Specification 6. Searching Memory 7. Focus Establishment 8. Understanding What Did Not Happen 9. Finding the Best Answer 10. Conceptual Primitives for Physical Objects 11. More Problems 12. Perspective and Conclusions. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
Wendy G. Lehnert
