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International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context

CONTEXT 2001: Modeling and Using Context pp 129–142Cite as

Modeling Context Effect in Perceptual Domains

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In this paper we present a formal approach to modelling context effect in perceptual domains: namely how the perception of an object is effected by other objects. Our approach is operational and perceptually motivated in the sense that we focus on how objects are perceived as being constructed from certain components. Based on a psychological theory of perception, called Structural Information Theory, we develop an algebraic model for context sensitive perception. We illustrate our model by using the domain of alphabetic strings and discuss its extension to the domain of visual objects. Finally, we remark on how this approach can be applied to model context effect in non-perceptual situation, and then make some observations on the general problem of context.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, Padualaan 14, De Uithof, 3584CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Mehdi Dastani

  2. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-48-305 Nakacho, Koganei, 184-0012, Japan

    Bipin Indurkhya

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, 06533, Turkey

    Varol Akman

  2. Department of Computer and Management Sciences, University of Trento, 38100, Trento, Italy

    Paolo Bouquet

  3. Philosophy Department, University of Michigan, 2251 Angell Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1003, USA

    Richmond Thomason

  4. Philosophy Department, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK

    Roger Young

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Dastani, M., Indurkhya, B. (2001). Modeling Context Effect in Perceptual Domains. In: Akman, V., Bouquet, P., Thomason, R., Young, R. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44607-9_10

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