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Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication

Lucy Suchman
- 15 Dec 1987 - 
- Vol. 103, Iss: 3, pp 424
TLDR
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.

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Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition

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TL;DR: The proposed book adapts Psi theory to cognitive science and artificial intelligence, by elucidating both its theoretical and technical frameworks, and clarifying its contribution to how the authors have come to understand cognition.

A Tutorial on Situated Learning

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Riding a tiger, or computer supported cooperative work

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TL;DR: The dynamic and distributed nature of cooperative work is explored and the implications for CSCW systems design are discussed.

Understanding IS Evaluation as a Complex Social Process

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors take stock of the current situation and ask whether improvement lies not with the development of better quantitative methods, but rather by better understanding the experiences of multiple IS stakeholders.
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

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, +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.