Contextualizing concepts using a mathematical generalization of the quantum formalism

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-358

  Gabora, Liane ^a   Aerts, Diederik ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytic thought; Associative hierarchy; Associative thought; Collapse; Conceptual distance; Focus defocus; Guppy effect; State space; Superposition

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTUM THEORY;

ASSOCIATIVE HIERARCHY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0036818286     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130210162253     Document Type: Article

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