• DocumentCode
    2664003
  • Title

    Precisiated natural language (PNL) - toward an enlargement of the role of natural languages in computation, deduction, definition and decision

  • Author

    Zadeh, Lotfi A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Comput. Sci.,, California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    26-29 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    It is a deep-seated tradition in science to view the use of natural languages in scientific theories as a manifestation of mathematical immaturity. In particular, a direct consequence is that existing scientific theories do not have the capability to operate on perception-based information. Such information is usually described in a natural language and is intrinsically imprecise, reflecting a fundamental limitation on the cognitive ability of humans to resolve detail and store information. In this paper we describe that the high expressive power of natural languages is harnessed by constructing what is called a precisiated natural language (PNL). In essence, PNL is a subset of a natural language (NL) - a subset, which is equipped with constraint-centered semantics (CSNL) and is translatable into what is called the generalized constraint language (GCL).
  • Keywords
    constraint handling; grammars; natural languages; constraint-centered semantics; generalized constraint language; grammar; perception-based information; precisiated natural language; Computer science; Fuzzy logic; Humans; Laboratories; Natural languages; Robustness; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7902-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275858
  • Filename
    1275858