There is a dichotomy between theoretical and experimental work in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The reasons for this dichotomy are discussed, and AI is compared with other, more mature disciplines in which there is closer cooperation between experimental and theoretical branches.
D-LADDER (DIAMOND-based Language Access to Distributed Data with Error Recovery) is a computer system designed to provide answers to questions posed at the terminal in a subset of natural language regarding a distributed data base of naval command and control information.
The data we analyze is from a series of life history interviews with a career heroin addict in New York, collected by Agar (1981). We analyze this data in terms of a combination of two AI approaches to discourse.
Interpolating smooth surfaces from boundary conditions is a ubiquitous problem in early visual processing. We describe a solution for an important special case: the interpolation of surfaces that are locally spherical or cylindrical from initial orientation values and constraints on orientation.
In this paper a structural approach to modeling is argued for that explicitly relates image appearance to the scene characteristics from which it arose.
This paper addresses problems associated with accessing elements of large multidimensional arrays when the order of access is either unpredictable or is orthogonal to the conventional order of array storage.
Applicability of existing industrial robot systems is limited; truly flexible automation must make use of significant sensory feedback to respond appropriately to each new stimulus. This requires fundamental research in problem solving and the monitoring of plan execution.
Ann E. Robinson, Douglas E. Appelt, Barbara J. Grosz, Gary G. Hendrix, & Jane J. Robinson
This paper describes the results of a three-year research effort investigating the knowledge and processes needed for participation in natural-language dialogs about ongoing mechanical-assembly tasks.
LADDER (Language Access to Distributed Data with Error Recovery) is a computer system designed to provide answers to questions posed at the terminal in a subset of natural language regarding a distributed data base of naval command and control information.
