Process of Question Answering - A Computer Simulation of Cognition

First published in 1978, this title examines a phenomenon that relies on many realms of human cognition: language comprehension, memory retrieval, and language generation. Problems in computational question answering assume a new perspective when question answering is viewed as a problem in natural language processing.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Problems, Previews and Programs 2. Motivation and Background Part I: Interpretation: Understanding Questions 3. Conceptual Categories for Questions 4. Recategorizing Questions by Inferential Analysis Part II: Memory Searches: Finding an Answer 5. Content Specification 6. Searching Memory 7. Focus Establishment 8. Understanding What Did Not Happen 9. Finding the Best Answer 10. Conceptual Primitives for Physical Objects 11. More Problems 12. Perspective and Conclusions. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Summary

First published in 1978, this title examines a phenomenon that relies on many realms of human cognition: language comprehension, memory retrieval, and language generation. Problems in computational question answering assume a new perspective when question answering is viewed as a problem in natural language processing.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy G. Lehnert, Lehnert Wendy G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032327969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232796-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Psychology Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; memory, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psycholinguistics, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics