What's in a symbol: Ontology, representation and language

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-23

  Nirenburg, Sergei ^a   Wilks, Yorick ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial Intelligence; Grounding; Meaning; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035644352     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130010029811     Document Type: Article

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