Abstraction in Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems

• Main Authors: Saitta, Lorenza. (Author), Zucker, Jean-Daniel. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data mining.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer vision.; Information systems.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.
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Abstraction is a fundamental mechanism underlying both human and artificial perception, representation of knowledge, reasoning and learning. This mechanism plays a crucial role in many disciplines, notably Computer Programming, Natural and Artificial Vision, Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Abstraction in Different Disciplines
• Abstraction in Artificial Intelligence
• Definitions of Abstraction
• Boundaries of Abstraction
• The KRA Model
• Abstraction Operators and Design Patterns
• Properties of the KRA Model
• Abstraction in Machine Learning
• Simplicity, Complex Systems, and Abstraction
• Case Studies and Applications
• Discussion
• Conclusion.