A theory of vague adjectives grounded in relevant observables

Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 36-44

  Bennett, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; SEMANTICS;

CONCEPTUAL ELEMENTS; FIRST ORDER; FORMAL THEORY; LOGICAL PREDICATE; MODAL SEMANTICS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; REASONING SYSTEM; THEORETIC SEMANTICS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955449396     PISSN: 23341025     EISSN: 23341033     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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