Machinations

Download or read book Machinations written by Richard Spencer-Smith and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of papers covering a wide range of topics in computer and cognitive science. Topics included are: the foundational relevance of logic to computer science, with particular reference to tense logic, constructive logic, and Horn clause logic; logic as the theoretical underpinnings of the engineering discipline of expert systems; a discussion of the evolution of computational linguistics into functionally distinct task levels; and current issues in the implementation of speech act theory.