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Article: Similarity and Categorization: a review.
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- AI Magazine
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- June 22, 2002
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Similarity and Categorization, Ulrike Hahn and Mitchell Ramscar, editors, Oxford University Press, New York, 279 pp., 2001, ISBN 0-19-850628-7.
What is the nature of human categories? How do we form categories? What is the role of similarity in categorization? Can we formalize the answers to these questions to derive further insights and develop useful software systems? These were the questions addressed at an interdisciplinary meeting attended by psychologists, computer scientists, anthropologists, statisticians, and philosophers held at the University of Edinburgh. The edited volume Similarity and Categorization arises from this meeting.
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