Protoform Theory and Its Basic Role in Human Intelligence, Deduction, Definition and Search

Abstract

In essence, a protoform-an abbreviation of "prototypical form"-is an abstracted summary. More concretely, a protoform, A, of an object, B, written as A= PF(B), is defined as a deep semantic structure of B. B may be a proposition, command, question, scenario, geometrical form, functional form or other type of construct. Usually, A is a string of symbols, but more generally it may be a graph, network, a geometrical form or other entity.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 19, 2003
Accession Number
ADA515433

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  • Lotfi A. Zadeh

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