Interpreting Concept Learning in Cognitive Informatics and Granular Computing

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 855-866

  Yao, Yiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive informatics; concept formation; granular computing; structured information processing; structured problem solving; structured thinking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70149107353     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: 19410492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2009.2013334     Document Type: Article

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