Human Plausible Reasoning

Abstract

This research note describes the current state of implementation of a cognitive computer model of human plausible reasoning, based on the theory described by Collins and Michalski. The note's goal is to use simulation as a way to test and refine the theory. This required developing appropriate memory organization and search techniques to support this style of inference, finding ways to estimate similarity in specific contexts, and to investigate ways of combining the sometimes contradictory conclusions reached when inferences of different types are used to answer questions. Keywords: Reasoning, Similarity, Analogy, Artificial intelligence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA197426

Entities

People

  • Allan Collins
  • Mark Burstein
  • Michelle Baker

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Expert Systems
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Judgment
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Models
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Reasoning
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval