Uniting "a priori" and "a posteriori" knowledge: A research framework
author: Michael Witbrock,
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
published: Aug. 3, 2009, recorded: July 2009, views: 3972
published: Aug. 3, 2009, recorded: July 2009, views: 3972
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The ability to perform machine classification is a critical component of an intelligent system. We propose to unite the logical, a priori approach to this problem with the empirical, a posteriori approach. We describe in particular how the a priori knowledge encoded in Cyc can be merged with technology for probabilistic inference using Markov logic networks. We describe two problem domains – the Whodunit Problem and noun phrase understanding – and show that Cyc’s commonsense knowledge can be fruitfully combined with probabilistic reasoning.
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