{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"Neural-Net Implementation of Complex Symbol-Processing in a Mental Model Approach to Syllogistic Reasoning","authors":[{"name":"John A. Barnden","slug":"john-a-barnden","given":"John A.","family":"Barnden","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"A neural net system called \"Conposit\" is described. Conposit performs rule-based manipulation of very short term, complex symbolic data structures. This paper concentrates on a simulated version of Conposit that embodies core aspects of JohnsonLaird's mental model theory of syllogistic reasoning. This Conposit version is not intended to be a psychological theory, but rather to act as a test and demonstration of the power and flexibility of Conposit's unusual connectionist techniques for encoding the structure of data.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/91","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/0091.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/91.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/bibtex/91","volume":{"slug":"1989","title":"Proceedings of the Eleventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1989","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/","year":1989,"location":"Detroit, Michigan, USA","dates":"August 20-25 1989","editors":"N. S. Sridharan","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"Cognitive Models","track":"Cognitive Models","number":91,"pages":{"first":568,"last":572},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}