Many seemingly very different application tasks for natural language systems can be viewed as a matter of inferring the instance of a prespecified schema from the information in the text and the knowledge base.
In this paper, I provide an analysis of the cognitive structures that underlie referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions. This endeavor should be worthwhile in an of itself, but it is also intended here ad a means toward another end.
Calculations involving points and lines in Euclidean spaces are often subject to annoying anomalies when the trigonometric functions are invoked. This paper illustrates a method by which use of these functions may often be avoided.
This paper discusses network notations for encoding a number of different kinds of knowledge, including taxonomic information; general statements involving quantification; information about processes and procedures; the delineation of local contexts, beliefs, and wishes...
Under the terms of National Science Foundation, Grant GK 36487, the Stanford Research Institute has been studying equipment needs for artificial intelligence research. SRI proposes a two-year program to design, fabricate, and test a prototype system consisting of the vehicle, arm, and vision system.
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.
A software evaluation methodology has been developed at SRI International for evaluating contributions to the ARPA/DMA Image Understanding Testbed. This paper describes the criteria that have shaped the evaluation methodology.
