Contexts and situations
Author(s)
Advisor
Akman, VarolDate
1994Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
The issue of context arises in assorted areas of Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical
Logic, and Natural Language Semantics. Although its importance is
realized by various researchers, there is not much work towards a useful formalization.
In this thesis, we will try to identify the problem, and decide what
we need for an acceptable (formal) account of the notion of context. We will
present a preliminary model (based on Situation Theory) and give examples
to show the use of context in various fields, and the advantages gained by the
acceptance of our proposal.
Keywords
ContextKnowledge Representation
Commonsense Reasoning
Situation Theory and Situation Semantics