Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents

Chrystopher L. Nehaniv

ISBN 10: 3540659595 / ISBN 13: 9783540659594

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 1999, 1999

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Neuware -This volume brings together the work of researchers from various disciplines where aspects of descriptive, mathematical, computational or design knowledge concerning metaphor and analogy, especially in the context of agents, have emerged. The book originates from an international workshop on Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents (CMAA), held in Aizu, Japan in April 1998.The 19 carefully reviewed and revised papers presented together with an introduction by the volume editor are organized into sections on Metaphor and Blending, Embodiment, Interaction, Imitation, Situated Mapping in Space and Time, Algebraic Engineering: Respecting Structure, and a Sea-Change in Viewpoints.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 408 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540659595
• ISBN 13: 9783540659594
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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This volume brings together the work of researchers from various disciplines where aspects of descriptive, mathematical, computational or design knowledge concerning metaphor and analogy, especially in the context of agents, have emerged. The book originates from an international workshop on Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents (CMAA), held in Aizu, Japan in April 1998. The 19 carefully reviewed and revised papers presented together with an introduction by the volume editor are organized into sections on Metaphor and Blending, Embodiment, Interaction, Imitation, Situated Mapping in Space and Time, Algebraic Engineering: Respecting Structure, and a Sea-Change in Viewpoints.