Detecting the evolution of semantics and individual beliefs through statistical analysis of language use

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-08-06, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-26

  Bilovich, Avri ^a   Bryson, Joanna J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MECHANISMS; BRITISH NATIONAL CORPORA; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PATTERN RECOGNIZERS; SHAKESPEARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEXT ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 77952152453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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