Knowledge Representation

by Markman; Arthur B.

• ISBN13: 9780805824407
• ISBN10: 0805824405
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions, in turn, influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an overview of types of knowledge representation techniques and their use in cognitive models. Organized around types of representations, this book begins with a discussion of the foundations of knowledge representation, then presents discussions of different ways that knowledge representation has been used. Both symbolic and connectionist approaches to representation are discussed and a set of recommendations about the way representations should be used is presented. This work can be used as the basis for a course on knowledge representation or can be read independently. It will be useful to students of psychology as well as people in related disciplines--computer science, philosophy, anthropology, and linguistics--who want an introduction to techniques for knowledge representation.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 Foundations	1	(26)
2 Spatial Representations: What Do We Mean by Space?	27	(32)
3 Featural Representations	59	(30)
4 Network Models	89	(29)
5 Structured Representations	118	(36)
6 Structure in Perceptual Representations	154	(34)
7 Structured Concept Representations	188	(29)
8 General and Specific Information in Representations	217	(31)
9 Mental Models	248	(29)
10 Using Representation	277	(24)
References	301	(16)
Author Index	317	(6)
Subject Index	323