Open AccessPhysical Object Representation and Generalization: A Survey of Programs for Semantic‐Based Natural Language Processing
Author(s) -
Wasserman Kenneth
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v5i4.455
Subject(s) - computer science , representation (politics) , generalization , interpretation (philosophy) , object (grammar) , natural language , natural (archaeology) , natural language processing , semantic interpretation , artificial intelligence , natural language understanding , programming language , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , politics , political science , law , history
This article surveys a portion of the field of natural language processing. The main areas considered are those dealing with representation schemes, particularly work on physical object representation, and generalization processes driven by natural language understanding The emphasis of this article is on conceptual representation of objects based on the semantic interpretation of natural language input. Six programs serve as case studies for guiding the course of the article. Within the framework of describing each of these programs, several other programs, ideas, and theories that are relevant to the program in focus are presented.