Compositionality and the modelling of complex concepts

Minds and Machines

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 479-508

  Braisby, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPLEX CONCEPTS; RELATIONAL VIEW OF CONCEPTS (RVC); SITUATION THEORY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032275218     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008310427321     Document Type: Article

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