Marker-passing on a parallel knowledge processing testbed

Author

DeMara, R.F. ; Moldovan, D.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

4-6 Dec 1991

Firstpage

180

Abstract

The authors have been experimenting with knowledge representation and reasoning mechanisms suitable for parallel computation. Their primary domain is natural language understanding (NLU) using a semantic network representation and parallel marker-passing techniques. They have implemented a multiprocessor called the Semantic Network Array Processor (SNAP-1) for real-time processing of moderately-sized knowledge bases

Keywords

inference mechanisms; knowledge representation; natural languages; parallel machines; SNAP-1; Semantic Network Array Processor; knowledge representation; moderately-sized knowledge bases; multiprocessor; natural language understanding; parallel computation; parallel knowledge processing testbed; parallel marker-passing techniques; real-time processing; reasoning mechanisms; semantic network representation; Application software; Computer architecture; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge representation; Natural languages; Performance evaluation; Postal services; Prototypes; Switches; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Information Systems, 1991., Proceedings of the First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2295-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PDIS.1991.183099

Filename

183099