{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"The Nature of Generalization in Understanding","authors":[{"name":"Michael Lebowitz","slug":"michael-lebowitz","given":"Michael","family":"Lebowitz","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"True l.l'lderstanding of natural lanJuage text requires the inclusion of generalization and loOJterm memory. 'Ihis paper describes the generalization . process and memory used in the Integrated Partial Parser (IPP), a comp.Jter program that reads and remembers news stories, 'Ihe need for generalization and generalization-based memory as an integral part of l.l\"lderstanding natural language text is illustrated with examples from IPP. In addition, the nature of generalization is discussed.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/69","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0069.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/69.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/bibtex/69","volume":{"slug":"1981","title":"Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1981","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/","year":1981,"location":"Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada","dates":"24-28 August 1981","editors":"Roger C. Schank","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"INFERENCE and REASONING","track":"INFERENCE and REASONING","number":69,"pages":{"first":348,"last":352},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}