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title: "Understanding Analogies in Editorials"
authors:
  - "Stephanie E. August"
  - "Michael G. Dyer"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/166"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/0166.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1985
pages: "845-846"
track: "Natural Language"
keywords:
---

# Understanding Analogies in Editorials

Stephanie E. August, Michael G. Dyer

*Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 845-846.

## Abstract

The widespread use of analogy in human communication underscores the need for a system which can recognize and understand analogies. This paper presents a theory of analogy recognition and comprehension, using as a domain letters to the editor of a weekly news magazine. Some of the issues facing a system which understands analogies in this domain are identified, initial work on this program is reviewed, and work in progress is discussed .