Abstract. This paper introduces a novel approach to language processing, in which linguistic facts are represented as predicates over ranges of the intput text, usually, but not li...
The software architecture of most systems is described informally and diagrammatically. In order for these descriptions to be meaningful at all, gures are understood by interpreti...
Partial evaluation is an optimization technique traditionally used in compilation. We have adapted this technique to the understanding of scientic application programs during t...
This paper presents Networks of Influence Diagrams (NID), a compact, natural and highly expressive language for reasoning about agents' beliefs and decision-making processes....
A system making optimal use of available information in incremental language comprehension might be expected to use linguistic knowledge together with current input to revise beli...