CALO - artificial intelligence


	CALO - artificial intelligence

wildcat

12-4-2007 6:46 AM

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ai, computers, understanding, machine learning, natural-language processing, semantic web technologies

wildcat says:

Probabilistic approaches can handle noise and uncertainty well, while a logical structure is best for handling meaning

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