Date: 11-Dec-2006 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Words and Intelligence I: Ahmad, Brewster, Stevenson (Eds)
Title: Words and Intelligence I
Subtitle: Selected Papers by Yorick Wilks
Series Title: Text, Speech and Language Technology
Published: 2007
Publisher: Springer
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Editor: Khurshid Ahmad
Editor: Christopher Brewster
Editor: Mark Stevenson
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402052842 Pages: 290 Price: U.S. $ 119.00 Comment: Circa
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402052842 Pages: 290 Price: U.K. £ 69.00 Comment: Circa
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Abstract:
This book celebrates the work of Yorick Wilks in the form of a selection of his papers which are intended to reflect the range and depth of his work. The volume accompanies a Festschrift which celebrates his contribution to the fields of Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. The papers include early work carried out at Cambridge University, descriptions of groundbreaking work on Machine Translation and Preference Semantics as well as more recent works on belief modeling and computational semantics. The selected papers reflect Yorick's contribution to both practical and theoretical aspects of automatic language processing.
The papers include descriptions of groundbreaking work on Machine Translation and Preference Semantics
The selected papers reflect Yorick Wilks'contribution to both practical and theoretical aspects of automatic language processing
Yorick Wilks is a central figure in the fields of Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence. His influence extends to many areas and includes contributions to Machines Translation, word sense disambiguation, dialogue modeling and Information Extraction.
Linguistic Field(s):
Computational Linguistics
Semantics
Translation