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Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
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This paper presents a meta-modelling architecture for human-machine communication that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and therefore expensive and expensive process of designing and implementing communication systems.Abstract:
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Interactive artefacts 3. Plans 4. Situated actions 5. Communicative resources 6. Case and methods 7. Human-machine communication 8. Conclusion References Indices.read more
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Interacting with virtual environments: an evaluation of a model of interaction
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Founda- tion for Design
Stephen E. Boi,William G. Lycan,Harry C. Bunt,Christopher S. Butler,Basil Blackwell,Frank Fallside,William A. Woods,Joseph Y. Halpern,Klans Schubert,Sylvia Scribner,Michael Cole,Henk C. van Riemsdijk,Edwin William,Terry Winograd,Fernando Flores +14 more
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design
Terry Winograd,Fernando Flores +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that what AI needs is not so much a hermeneutic approach as a better appreciation of biology and psychology.
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Situations and Attitudes
Jon Barwise,John Perry +1 more
TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of "meaning, " a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.
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Situations and Attitudes.
TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of ''meaning, '' a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.