Machine Intelligence Volume 8

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Contents

 INTRODUCTION                                                         7

 KNOWLEDGE AND MATHEMATICAL REASONING

 1  Representation of knowledge in a geometry machine.
    E.W. ELCOCK                                                      11
 2  Typing and proof by cases in program verification.
    W.W. BLEDSOE and M. TYSON                                        30

 PROBLEM-SOLVING AND DEDUCTION

 3  Practical and theoretical considerations in heuristic search
    algorithms. I. POHL                                              55
 4  Variable range restrictions in resolution theorem proving.
    S.STICKEL                                                        73
 5  A formal model for space-filling puzzles. W.M. McKEEMAN          86
 6  Achieving several goals simultaneously. R. WALDINGER             94

 MEASUREMENT OF KNOWLEDGE

 7  Dynamic probability, computer chess, and the measurement of
    knowledge. I.J. GOOD                                            139
 8  A theory of advice. D. MICHIE                                   151

 INDUCTIVE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE

 9  Rationality, evidence, and induction in scientific inference.
    I.J. GOOD                                                       171
 10 An experiment on inductive learning in chess end games.
    R.S. MICHALSKI and P.G. NEGRI                                   175
 11 Inductive learning in a hierarchical model for representing
    knowledge in chess end games. P.G. NEGRI                        193
 12 Summing up of the discussion on inductive inference. I.J. GOOD  205

 PROGRAMMING TOOLS FOR KNOWLEDGE-REPRESENTATION

 13 Programming language design for the representation of
    knowledge. J.M. FOSTER                                          209
 14 Some observations on conceptual programming. E. SANDEWALL       223
 15 Programming with resolution logic. M.H. van EMDEN               266
 16 An overview of production systems. R. DAVIS and J. KING         300

 DIALOGUE-TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE TO MACHINES

 17 A hypothetical dialogue exhibiting a knowledge base for a
    program-understanding system. C. GREEN and D. BARSTOW           335

 DIALOGUE-TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE TO HUMANS

 18 Representing knowledge about mathematics for computer-aided
    teaching, part I - educational applications of
    conceptualizations from artificial intelligence. R.B. DAVIS     363
 19 Representing knowledge about mathematics for computer-aided
    teaching, part II - the diversity of roles that a computer
    can play in assisting learning. R.B. DAVIS, S. DUGDALE,
    D. KIBBEY, C. WEAVER                                            387
 20 Three interactions between A1 and education. K.KAHN             422

 CASE STUDIES IN EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE

 21 Knowledge representation for archaeological inference.
    J. DORAN                                                        433
 22 Chromosome classification and segmentation as exercises in
    knowing what to expect. D. RUTOVITZ                             455

 PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE

 23 A duality concept for the analysis of polyhedral scenes.
    D.A. HUFFMAN                                                    475
 24 Realizable configurations of lines in pictures of polyhedra.
    D.A. HUFFMAN                                                    493
 25 How to see a simple world: an exegesis of some computer
    programs for scene analysis. A.K. MACKWORTH                     510

 WORLD-KNOWLEDGE FOR LANGUAGE-UNDERSTANDING

 26 Inference and knowledge in language comprehension.
    E. CHARNIAK                                                     541
 27 Representation and understanding of text. R. SCHANK             575

 SUBJECT AND NAME INDEX                                             621

 AUTHOR INDEX                                                       627

Bibliographic details

Machine Intelligence 8
Editors:
E.W. Elcock
Professor and Chairman, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario
Donald Michie
Professor of Machine Intelligence, University of Edinburgh
Publisher: Ellis Horwood 1877

Proceedings of the Eighth Machine Intelligence Workshop, held as a NATO Advanced Study Institute at Santa Cruz.

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