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A Frame-Based Computational Model of Generic Generalisations

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GWAI-91 15. Fachtagung für Künstliche Intelligenz

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((2252,volume 285))

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The paper describes a system for updating and querying an extended PROLOG knowledge base with generic generalisations. It describes a referential semantics of generic generalisations, and explains the principles of its implementation. It argues against an analysis of generic generalisations by means of a default logic and shows how semantics and knowledge structures can meaningfully be seperated.

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  1. TA Triumph-Adler AG Forschung, Fürtherstr. 212, D-8500, Nürnberg, Deutschland

    Gerhard Heyer

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik, Forschungsbereich KI, Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD), Schloß Birlinghoven, W-5205, Sankt Augustin 1, Deutschland

    Thomas Christaller

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Heyer, G. (1991). A Frame-Based Computational Model of Generic Generalisations. In: Christaller, T. (eds) GWAI-91 15. Fachtagung für Künstliche Intelligenz. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02711-0_9

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