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Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
What is KR?
R. Davis, H. Schrobe, P. Szolovits (1993):
1. A surrogate
2. A set of ontological commitments
3. A fragmentary theory of intelligent reasoning
4. A medium for efficient computation
5. A medium of human expressions
Facts
Internal
Representations
English
understanding
reasoning
programs
English
generation
English
Representations
forward
representation
mapping
Internal
representations
of initial facts
Final
facts
backward
representation
mapping
operation
of program
Internal
representations
of final facts
x: dog(x) hastail(x)
hastail(Spot)
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Representational adequacy
Inferential adequacy
Inferential efficiency
Acquisitional efficiency
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Approaches to KR
Simple relational knowledge:
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Approaches to KR
Inheritable knowledge:
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Approaches to KR
Inferential knowledge:
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Approaches to KR
Procedural knowledge:
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Approaches to KR
Choosing the Granularity:
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Homework
Reading
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