Publications
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Semi-autonomous Mapmaking and Navigation
We describe an architecture of mobile robots based on the the concept of semi-autonomy that employs communication with a human advisor in order to simplify the tasks of map construction…
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Overview Of The SRI Cartographic Modeling Environment
The SRI Cartographic Modeling Environment has been created to support research on interactive, semi-automated, and automated computer-based cartographic activities. The underlying image manipulation capabilities are provided by the SRI ImagCalc…
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Caching and Lemmaizing In Model Elimination Theorem Provers
In this paper we report on work done to modify a model elimination theorem prover using two techniques, caching and lemmaizing, that have reduced by more than an order of…
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Intelligent monitoring and control of semiconductor manufacturing equipment
The use of AI methods to monitor and control semiconductor fabrication in a state-of-the-art manufacturing environment called the Rapid Thermal Multiprocessor is described.
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The Role Of Natural Language In A Multimodal Interface
This paper presents an interface that blends natural language processing and direct manipulation technologies, using each for their characteristic advantages. Specifically, the paper shows how to use natural language to…
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The Tacitus System: The Muc-3 Experience
We describe and evaluate a method for dealing with unknown words and a method for filtering out sentences irrelevant to the task. Each of these techniques has been evaluated, and…
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Katz and Postal on Realism in Linguistics
The ruling idea behind Katz and Postal, is that with respect to linguistics and linguistic objects, as with Mathematics and mathematical objects, there are three basic philosophies: nominalism, conceptualism, and…
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Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Construction Planning
This paper highlights the limitations of existing project planning tools, illustrates the power of AI techniques in the construction planning domain through a summary and critique of previous and current…
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CLOS: integrating object-oriented and functional programming
This article explores the landscape in which the major object-oriented facilities exist, showing how the CLOS solution is effective within the two contexts.
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Quantification In Autoepistemic Logic
Here we look at quantification in auto-epistemic logic, which is a modal logic of self-knowledge. We propose several different semantics, all based on the idea that having beliefs about an…
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Metaphor and Abduction
In this paper a recent approach to inference in text understanding based on abduction is applied to the problem of metaphor interpretation. The fundamental ideas in the "interpretation as abduction"…
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Resolution for Epistemic Logics
In this paper we report on a resolution proof method for logics of belief that is suitable for automatic reasoning in commonsense domains.