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Informatics Research Institute (IRIS) September 2008 newsletter (2008)
Other
Vadera, S. (2008). Informatics Research Institute (IRIS) September 2008 newsletter. Salford, UK

2007-8 was a very busy year for IRIS. It was a bumper year for visiting Profs with Prof Michael Myers visiting from New Zealand, Prof Brian Fitzgerald visiting from University of Limerick, Ireland, Prof. Uzay Kaymak visiting from Erasmus University N... Read More about Informatics Research Institute (IRIS) September 2008 newsletter.

A study and development of Bayesian exemplar based models (2008)
Thesis
Wu, J. A study and development of Bayesian exemplar based models. (Thesis). University of Salford

People think and reason about situations using past experience. Often, past experience consists of stereotypes and exemplars that depict common situations. In order for a computer to reason in a similar way, the identification and representation o... Read More about A study and development of Bayesian exemplar based models.

Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars (2008)
Journal Article
Vadera, S., Rodriguez, A., Succar, E., & Wu, J. (2008). Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars. Foundations of Science, 13(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-007-9119-2

The introduction of the notion of family resemblance represented a major shift in Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the meaning of words, moving away from a belief that words were well defined, to a view that words denoted less well defined categories of... Read More about Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars.