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Qualitative Representations

Author : Kenneth D. Forbus
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262038943
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative Representations by : Kenneth D. Forbus

Download or read book Qualitative Representations written by Kenneth D. Forbus and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that qualitative representations—symbolic representations that carve continuous phenomena into meaningful units—are central to human cognition. In this book, Kenneth Forbus proposes that qualitative representations hold the key to one of the deepest mysteries of cognitive science: how we reason and learn about the continuous phenomena surrounding us. Forbus argues that qualitative representations—symbolic representations that carve continuous phenomena into meaningful units—are central to human cognition. Qualitative representations provide a basis for commonsense reasoning, because they enable practical reasoning with very little data; this makes qualitative representations a useful component of natural language semantics. Qualitative representations also provide a foundation for expert reasoning in science and engineering by making explicit the broad categories of things that might happen and enabling causal models that help guide the application of more quantitative knowledge as needed. Qualitative representations are important for creating more human-like artificial intelligence systems with capabilities for spatial reasoning, vision, question answering, and understanding natural language. Forbus discusses, among other topics, basic ideas of knowledge representation and reasoning; qualitative process theory; qualitative simulation and reasoning about change; compositional modeling; qualitative spatial reasoning; and learning and conceptual change. His argument is notable both for presenting an approach to qualitative reasoning in which analogical reasoning and learning play crucial roles and for marshaling a wide variety of evidence, including the performance of AI systems. Cognitive scientists will find Forbus's account of qualitative representations illuminating; AI scientists will value Forbus's new approach to qualitative representations and the overview he offers.

Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions

Author : Hazarika, Shyamanta M.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1616928700
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions by : Hazarika, Shyamanta M.

Download or read book Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions written by Hazarika, Shyamanta M. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space and time are inextricably linked. Reasoning about space often involves reasoning about change in spatial configurations. Qualitative spatial information theory encompasses spatial as well as temporal representation and reasoning. Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Representation and Reasoning: Trends and Future Directions is a contribution to the emerging discipline of qualitative spatial information theory within artificial intelligence. This collection of research covers both theory and application-centric research and provides a comprehensive perspective on the emerging area of qualitative spatio-temporal representation and reasoning. This revolutionary new field is increasingly becoming a core issue within mobile computing, GIS/spatial information systems, databases, computer vision as well as knowledge discovery and data mining.

Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Robot Mapping

Author : Diedrich Wolter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540690115
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Robot Mapping by : Diedrich Wolter

Download or read book Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Robot Mapping written by Diedrich Wolter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates bene?ts of abstract and qualitative reasoning that have not received much attention in the context of autonomous robotics before. Bremen, Christian Freksa December 2007 Director of the SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition Preface This book addresses spatial representations and reasoning techniques for - bile robot mapping, providing an analysis of fundamental representations and processes involved. A spatial representation based on shape information is p- posed and shape analysis techniques are developed to tackle the correspondence problem in robot mapping. A general mathematical formulation is presented to provide the formal ground for an e?cient matching of con?gurations of objects. This book is a slightly revised version of my doctoral thesis submitted to the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bremen, Germany. Manycontributeto the developmentofa dissertation,butsomeofthemstand out. Christian Freksa, I thank you for supporting and encouraging my work, for introducing me to interdisciplinary work, for giving me the freedom to develop this dissertation, and for providing an enjoyable atmosphere to work in. Longin Jan Latecki, thank you for countless in-depth discussions helping me to develop andtopositionmywork,forthefruitfulcollaboration,andformakingaresearch stay possible that has been very valuable to me. I thank the research groups in Bremen and Philadelphia for helpful discussions and feedback, in particular Jan Oliver Wallgrun. ̈ I also thank Kai-Florian Richter, Sven Bertel, and Lutz Frommberger for feedback on this work. Robert Ross, thank you for helping to proof-read this dissertation.

Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning

Author : Lutz Frommberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642165907
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning by : Lutz Frommberger

Download or read book Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning written by Lutz Frommberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforcement learning has developed as a successful learning approach for domains that are not fully understood and that are too complex to be described in closed form. However, reinforcement learning does not scale well to large and continuous problems. Furthermore, acquired knowledge specific to the learned task, and transfer of knowledge to new tasks is crucial. In this book the author investigates whether deficiencies of reinforcement learning can be overcome by suitable abstraction methods. He discusses various forms of spatial abstraction, in particular qualitative abstraction, a form of representing knowledge that has been thoroughly investigated and successfully applied in spatial cognition research. With his approach, he exploits spatial structures and structural similarity to support the learning process by abstracting from less important features and stressing the essential ones. The author demonstrates his learning approach and the transferability of knowledge by having his system learn in a virtual robot simulation system and consequently transfer the acquired knowledge to a physical robot. The approach is influenced by findings from cognitive science. The book is suitable for researchers working in artificial intelligence, in particular knowledge representation, learning, spatial cognition, and robotics.

Qualitative GIS

Author : Meghan Cope
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446244563
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative GIS by : Meghan Cope

Download or read book Qualitative GIS written by Meghan Cope and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic Information Systems are an essential tool for analyzing and representing quantitative spatial data. Qualitative GIS explains the recent integration of qualitative research with Geographical Information Systems With a detailed contextualising introduction, the text is organised in three sections: Representation: examines how researchers are using GIS to create new types of representations; working with spatial data, maps, and othervisualizations to incorporate multiple meanings and to provide texture and context. Analysis: discusses the new techniques of analysis that are emerging at the margins between qualitative research and GIS, this in the wider context of a critical review of mixed-methods in geographical research Theory: questions how knowledge is produced, showing how ideas of ′science′ and ′truth′ inform research, and demonstrates how qualitative GIS can be used to interrogate discussions of power, community, and social action Making reference to representation, analysis, and theory throughout, the text shows how to frame questions, collect data, analyze results, and represent findings in a truly integrated way. An important addition to the mixed methods literature, Qualitative GIS will be the standard reference for upper-level students and researchers using qualitative methods and Geographic Information Systems.

Writing and Representing Qualitative Research

Author : Maria K. E. Lahman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544348495
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing and Representing Qualitative Research by : Maria K. E. Lahman

Download or read book Writing and Representing Qualitative Research written by Maria K. E. Lahman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses foundational areas of qualitative writing (such as journal articles and dissertations), aesthetic representations (including poetry and autoethnography), publishing, and reflexivity in representation in one practical and engaging text based on real experiences. Author Maria K.E. Lahman draws on her experiences as a qualitative research professor and writing instructor, and as someone who has published widely in scholarly journals, employing both traditional and more innovative forms of writing. The first part of the book covers writing tips; how to represent data; how to write a qualitative thematic journal article; how to write a qualitative dissertation; and provides guidance on the publication process. The second part encourages the qualitative researcher to move beyond traditional forms of writing and consider how qualitative research can be represented more aesthetically: as poems, autoethnographies, and visually. The book concludes with a chapter on reflexivity in research representations. Throughout, the author provides vivid examples from her own work, and that of graduate students and colleagues.

Qualitative Spatial Reasoning

Author : M. Teresa Escrig
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789051994124
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (941 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative Spatial Reasoning by : M. Teresa Escrig

Download or read book Qualitative Spatial Reasoning written by M. Teresa Escrig and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the aim of automatically reasoning with spatial aspects in a cognitive way, several qualitative models have been developed recently in the Qualitative Spatial Reasoning field. However, there is no model to reason with several spatial aspects in a uniform way. Moreover, most of these models simplify spatial objects to points. In this book we present a novel approach for integrating the qualitative concepts of orientation, distance, and cardinal directions, using points as well as extended objects as primitive of reasoning, based on Constraint Logic Programming. The resulting model has been applied to build a qualitative Navigation Simulator on the structured environment of the city of Castellon.

An Agent Control Perspective on Qualitative Spatial Reasoning

Author : Frank Dylla
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9783898383202
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis An Agent Control Perspective on Qualitative Spatial Reasoning by : Frank Dylla

Download or read book An Agent Control Perspective on Qualitative Spatial Reasoning written by Frank Dylla and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing and Representing Qualitative Research

Author : Maria K. E. Lahman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544348509
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing and Representing Qualitative Research by : Maria K. E. Lahman

Download or read book Writing and Representing Qualitative Research written by Maria K. E. Lahman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses foundational areas of qualitative writing (such as journal articles and dissertations), aesthetic representations (including poetry and autoethnography), publishing, and reflexivity in representation in one practical and engaging text based on real experiences. Author Maria K.E. Lahman draws on her experiences as a qualitative research professor and writing instructor, and as someone who has published widely in scholarly journals, employing both traditional and more innovative forms of writing. The first part of the book covers writing tips; how to represent data; how to write a qualitative thematic journal article; how to write a qualitative dissertation; and provides guidance on the publication process. The second part encourages the qualitative researcher to move beyond traditional forms of writing and consider how qualitative research can be represented more aesthetically: as poems, autoethnographies, and visually. The book concludes with a chapter on reflexivity in research representations. Throughout, the author provides vivid examples from her own work, and that of graduate students and colleagues.

Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems

Author : Daniel G Bobrow
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444599215
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems written by Daniel G Bobrow and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together current work on qualitative reasoning. Its publication reflects the maturity of qualitative reasoning as a research area and the growing interest in problems of reasoning about physical systems.The papers present knowledge bases for a number of very different domains, including heat flow, transistors, and digital computation. A common theme of all these papers is explaining how physical systems work. An important shared criterion is that the behavioral description must be compositional, that is the description of a system's behavior must be derivable from the structure of the system.This material should be of interest to anyone concerned with automated reasoning about the real (physical) world.

AI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Author : Markus Stumptner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540429603
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis AI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence by : Markus Stumptner

Download or read book AI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence written by Markus Stumptner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2001, held in Adelaide, Australia, in December 2001. The 55 revised full papers presented together with one invited contribution were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 100 submissions. The papers cover the whole range of artificial intelligence from theoretical and foundational issues to advanced applications in a variety of fields.

Media Representations of African American Men and their Consequences for US American Society

Author : Anne Jeck
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346367134
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (463 download)

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Book Synopsis Media Representations of African American Men and their Consequences for US American Society by : Anne Jeck

Download or read book Media Representations of African American Men and their Consequences for US American Society written by Anne Jeck and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Department of English), language: English, abstract: The work at hand explores the depiction of African American men in the media and the consequences these specific ways of representation can have on their lives in US American society. Without narrowing the topic down to one particular media type, the present work will focus on both fictional and non-fictional forms of representation, including depictions in movies and TV series as well as displays in the news. By doing so, it shall untangle the tightly interwoven web of both fictional and non-fictional depictions that ensnares African American men in an opposing, yet overlapping way. African American men’s position in contemporary US American society cannot be investigated under the assumption that their current situation results from a monocausal incident. Without confining the frame of investigation to one specific time period, the present work is oriented towards the most current research results, figures and developments available. As data availability depends on the topic of each subchapter individually, the general time frame cannot be narrowed down specifically. Also, as current events are triggered by various chains of causation, they can never be interpreted without being historized, culturalized and politicized. Therefore, they will be set in context, which might create the impression of partially exceeding the idea of topicality. However, the center of attention will stay on topical events that influence on-going developments in the US.

Combination of Qualitative Information with 2-Tuple Linguistic Representation in Dezert-Smarandache Theory

Author : Xin-De Li
Publisher : Infinite Study
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combination of Qualitative Information with 2-Tuple Linguistic Representation in Dezert-Smarandache Theory written by Xin-De Li and published by Infinite Study. This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern systems for information retrieval, fusion and management need to deal more and more with information coming from human experts usually expressed qualitatively in natural language with linguistic labels.

Qualitative Research Methods in Consumer Psychology

Author : Paul Hackett
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317690281
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Qualitative Research Methods in Consumer Psychology by : Paul Hackett

Download or read book Qualitative Research Methods in Consumer Psychology written by Paul Hackett and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While consumer research is founded on traditional quantitative approaches, the insight produced through qualitative research methods within consumer settings has not gone unnoticed. The culturally situated consumer, who is in intimate dialogue with their physical, virtual and social surroundings, has become integral to understanding the psychology behind consumer choices. This volume presents readers with theoretical and applied approaches to using qualitative research methods in ethnographic studies looking at consumer behavior. It brings together an international group of leading scholars in the field of consumer research, with educational and professional backgrounds in marketing, advertising, business, education, therapy and health. Researchers, teaching faculty, and students in the field of consumer and social psychology will benefit from the applied examples of qualitative and ethnographic consumer research this volume presents.

The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research

Author : Patricia Leavy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190847409
Total Pages : 1279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research written by Patricia Leavy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 1279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the field of qualitative research. Divided into eight parts, the forty chapters address key topics in the field such as approaches to qualitative research (philosophical perspectives), narrative inquiry, field research, and interview methods, text, arts-based, and internet methods, analysis and interpretation of findings, and representation and evaluation. The handbook is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the disciplines, and the contributors represent some of the most influential and innovative researchers as well as emerging scholars. This handbook provides a broad introduction to the field of qualitative research to those with little to no background in the subject, while providing substantive contributions to the field that will be of interest to even the most experienced researchers. It serves as a user-friendly teaching tool suitable for a range of undergraduate or graduate courses, as well as individuals working on their thesis or other research projects. With a focus on methodological instruction, the incorporation of real-world examples and practical applications, and ample coverage of writing and representation, this volume offers everything readers need to undertake their own qualitative studies.

Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems

Author : Rajiv Khosla
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354028897X
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems written by Rajiv Khosla and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four volume set LNAI 3681, LNAI 3682, LNAI 3683, and LNAI 3684 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2005, held in Melbourne, Australia in September 2005. The 716 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from nearly 1400 submissions. The papers present a wealth of original research results from the field of intelligent information processing in the broadest sense; topics covered in the fourth volume are innovations in intelligent systems and their applications, data mining and soft computing applications, skill acquisition and ubiquitous human computer interaction, soft computing and their applications, agent-based workflows, knowledge sharing and reuse, multi-media authentication and watermarking applications, knowledge and engineering techniques for spatio-temporal applications, intelligent data analysis and applications, creativitiy support environment and its social applications, collective intelligence, computational methods for intelligent neuro-fuzzy applications, evolutionary and self-organizing sensors, actuators and processing hardware, knowledge based systems for e-business and e-learning, multi-agent systems and evolutionary computing, ubiquitous pattern recognition, neural networks for data mining, and knowledge-based technology in crime matching, modelling and prediction.

Qualitative Process Theory Using Linguistic Variables

Author : Bruce D'Ambrosio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461396719
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Process Theory Using Linguistic Variables written by Bruce D'Ambrosio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8. 5 Summary In this chapter we have identified three basic patterns of influences that lead to ambiguity in the QP analysis of the basic active furnace state. We have then shown how modification of these patterns, by adding equilibrium values and sensitivity annotations on influence arcs, could permit resolu tion of the ambiguities. Finally, we have described in detail the extensions needed to the basic influence resolution algorithm in QP theory to oper ate on these extended descriptions. We have also shown that the modified influence resolution algorithm corrects an error in Forbus' original method for combining influences. We have then presented an extended example in which introduction of equilibrium assumptions eliminates all ambigu ity in the influence resolution deduction. In the next chapter we extend these techniques further, by developing a qualitative perturbation analysis technique that permits us to answer "what ir' control questions; then we extend this technique to obtain quantitative, as well as qualitative, effects of hypothetical control actions. 8.