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Commonsense Metaphysics and Lexical Semantics
Jerry R. Hobbs, William Croft, Todd R. Davies, Douglas Edwards, & Kenneth I. Laws

In the TACITUS project for using commonsense knowledge in the understanding of texts about mechanical devices and their failures.

Aug, 1986 Journal Download PDF Details
Detection and Correction Of Repairs In Human-Computer Dialog
Elizabeth Shriberg, John Dowding, & John Bear

We have analyzed 607 sentences of spontaneous human-computer speech data containing repairs, drawn from a total corpus of 10,718 sentences.

May, 1992 Journal Download PDF Details
Determination and Detection of Features in Patterns
H.D. Block, Nils J. Nilsson, & R.W. Duda

In this paper feature determination as a method of training the first layer of weights in a two layer learning machine (Perceptron)is investigated.

Dec, 1963 Journal Download PDF Details
Establishing Context in Task-Oriented Dialogs
Barbara G. Deutsch

This paper describes part of the discourse component of a speech understanding system for task-oriented dialogs, specifically, a mechanism for establishing a focus of attention to aid in identifying the referents of definite noun phrases.

Sep, 1975 Journal Download PDF Details
Gemini: A Natural Language System For Spoken-Language Understanding
John Dowding, Jean Mark Gawron, Douglas E. Appelt, John Bear, Lynn Cherny, Robert C. Moore, & Douglas Moran

Gemini is a natural language understanding system developed for spoken language applications. The paper describes the architecture of Gemini, paying particular attention to resolving the tension between robustness and overgeneration.

Mar, 1993 Journal Download PDF Details
Getting on the Same Page using Scenario-Based Learning: An Alignment of Education and Industry Goals for Technician Education
Carolyn Dornsife, Geneva Haertel, Bladimir Lopez-Prado, Eric Snow, & Louise Yarnall

This report examines how community college and industry experts rated a problem-based learning curriculum. The report indicates that industry experts and instructors diverge in their expectations about how "real-world," problem-based learning curriculum needs to be.

May, 2011 Technical Report Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions Community College: Reform to Support Real-World Learning
KIPP Schools, A Study of Early Implementation: First Year Report, 2004 - 2005
Jane L, Bay Area Research Group David, Katrina Woodworth, Elizabeth, Independent Consultant Grant, Roneeta Guha, Alejandra Lopez-Torkos, & Viki Young

The study reports the extent to which five Bay Area Knowledge Is Power Program schools achieve their goals and the implications of the findings for other public schools.

Mar, 2006 Journal Download PDF Details
Topics: Educational Impact Evaluation
Plan for a Computer-Based Consultant System
Nils J. Nilsson, J.M. Agin, Barbara G. Deutsch, Richard E. Fikes, Earl D. Sacerdoti, & J.M. Tenenbaum

This report describes the goals and plans for a five-year project to develop a computer-based system that will serve as an expert consultant to a human apprentice.

May, 1974 Journal Download PDF Details
PROSPECTOR: A Computer-Based Consultation System For Mineral Exploration
Peter E. Hart, & R.O. Duda

A review of the principles and status of Prospector, a computer-based consultation program for mineral exploration. The mechanisms for representing ore deposit models by networks of inference rules are described, and the overall approach is compared to alternative decision making methodologies.

Oct, 1977 Journal Download PDF Details
QA4 Language Applied to Robot Planning
Jan Derksen, Johns F. Rulifson, & Richard J. Waldinger

This paper introduces the first implemented version of the problem solving language QA4 and illustrates the application of this language to some simple robot planning problems. Features of the language include built-in backtracking, parallel processing, pattern matching, and set manipulation.

Aug, 1972 Journal Download PDF Details