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Creativity and Artificial Intelligence: A Conceptual Blending Approach

AUTHOR C. Mara Pereira, Francisco; Camara Pereira, Francisco; Pereira, Francisco Camara
PUBLISHER Walter de Gruyter (12/19/2007)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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The book involves an in depth journey towards finding a computationally plausible model of creativity. Inspired by a multidisciplinary analysis of work on creativity, the author elaborates on what kinds of processes, principles and representations could lie underneath the act of creativity, eventually proposing a model based on the conceptual blending framework, from Fauconnier and Turner. Written by a researcher with a background in artificial intelligence, the book is the result of several years of explorations and discussions that cover several viewpoints. The author presents a top-down approach that intends to guide the reader from the general ideas and discussions towards the actual implementations and experiments. Key features unique in its choice oftopic, easily readable top-down approach from general ideas to actual experiments the CD features: description and results of experiments, examples and datasets, the softwareimplemented for the experiments
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ISBN-13: 9783110186093
ISBN-10: 3110186098
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 253
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 6.30 x 0.80 x 9.30 inches
Weight: 1.15 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Grade Level: Post Graduate - Post Graduate
Dewey Decimal: 401.41
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007035014
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The book involves an in depth journey towards finding a computationally plausible model of creativity. Inspired by a multidisciplinary analysis of work on creativity, the author elaborates on what kinds of processes, principles and representations could lie underneath the act of creativity, eventually proposing a model based on the conceptual blending framework, from Fauconnier and Turner. Written by a researcher with a background in artificial intelligence, the book is the result of several years of explorations and discussions that cover several viewpoints. The author presents a top-down approach that intends to guide the reader from the general ideas and discussions towards the actual implementations and experiments. Key features unique in its choice oftopic, easily readable top-down approach from general ideas to actual experiments the CD features: description and results of experiments, examples and datasets, the softwareimplemented for the experiments
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