Computer Models and Technology in Media Research
Published in September 1990
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-0-444-88204-2 (ISBN)
Description
Presented in this volume is an interdisciplinary overview of the role of computer models and technology in research on language, literature and the media. The reader is offered nine contributions by experts in the following fields: artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive psychology, cybernetics and literary studies. The topics which are discussed include: text analysis, text-production, natural language understanding, expert systems design, psychological experiments, human-computer interaction and epistemological issues in cognitive science.
Presented in this volume is an interdisciplinary overview of the role of computer models and technology in research on language, literature and the media. The reader is offered nine contributions by experts in the following fields: artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive psychology, cybernetics and literary studies. The topics which are discussed include: text analysis, text-production, natural language understanding, expert systems design, psychological experiments, human-computer interaction and epistemological issues in cognitive science.
Presented in this volume is an interdisciplinary overview of the role of computer models and technology in research on language, literature and the media. The reader is offered nine contributions by experts in the following fields: artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive psychology, cybernetics and literary studies. The topics which are discussed include: text analysis, text-production, natural language understanding, expert systems design, psychological experiments, human-computer interaction and epistemological issues in cognitive science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88204-2 (9780444882042)
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Content
On the role of computer models and technology in literary and media studies (D. Meutsch, R.A. Zwaan). Artificial Intelligence looks at natural language (J. Dinsmore, C. Moehle). Artificial Intelligence and the study of literary narrative (N.M. Ide, J. Veronis). Cognition, semantics and computers (M.C. Bettoni). A survey of question answering in natural language processing (S. Wermter, W.G. Lehnert). Writing, thinking, computing (J.B. Smith, C.F. Smith). The role of questioning in knowledge engineering and the interface of expert systems (K.L. Lang, A.C. Graesser, D.D. Hemphill). A cognitive (Artificial Intelligence + computational linguistics) approach to the analysis of natural language messages (G.P. Zarri). Analysis of self-regulation in learning from instructional text by means of "computer-assisted videoreconstruction" (CaV) (G.C. Kunz, U. Drewniak, F. Schott).