Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis

Herausgeber: Landauer, Thomas K.; Dennis, Simon; McNamara, Danielle S.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis is the authoritative reference for the theory behind Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a burgeoning mathematical method used to analyze how words make meaning, with the desired outcome to program machines to understand human commands via natural language rather than strict programming protocols. The first book of its kind to deliver such a comprehensive analysis, this volume explores every area of the method and combines theoretical implications as well as practical matters of LSA. Readers are introduced to a powerful new way of understanding language phenomena, as well as innovative ways to perform tasks that depend on language or other complex systems. The Handbook clarifies misunderstandings and pre-formed objections to LSA, and provides examples of exciting new educational technologies made possible by LSA and similar techniques. It raises issues in philosophy, artificial intelligence, and linguistics, while describing how LSA has underwritten a range of educational technologies and information systems. Alternate approaches to language understanding are addressed and compared to LSA. This work is essential reading for anyone-newcomers to this area and experts alike-interested in how human language works or interested in computational analysis and uses of text. Educational technologists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and information technologists in particular will consider this volume especially useful.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 546
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 932g
• ISBN-13: 9780805854183
• ISBN-10: 0805854185
• Artikelnr.: 21253077

Autorenporträt

Thomas K. Landauer, Danielle S. McNamara, Simon Dennis, Walter Kintsch

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I: Introduction to LSA: Theory and Methods.T.K. Landauer
LSA as a Theory of Meaning. D. Martin
M. Berry
Mathematical Foundations Behind Latent Semantic Analysis. S. Dennis
How to Use the LSA Website. J. Quesada
Creating Your Own LSA Spaces. Part II:LSA in Cognitive Theory. W. Kintsch
Meaning in Context. M. Louwerse
Symbolic or Embodied Representations: A Case for Symbol Interdependency. M.W. Howard
K. Addis
B. Jing
M.K. Kahana
Semantic Structure and Episodic Memory. G. Denhire
B. Lemaire
C. Bellissens
S. Jhean-Larose
A Semantic Space for Modeling Children's Semantic Memory. P. Foltz
Discourse Coherence and LSA. J. Quesada
Spaces for Problem Solving. Part III:LSA in Educational Applications.K. Millis
J. Magliano
K. Wiemer-Hastings
S. Todaro
D.S. McNamara
Assessing and Improving Comprehension With Latent Semantic Analysis. D.S. McNamara
C. Boonthum
I. Levinstein
K. Millis
Evaluating Self-Explanations in iSTART: Comparing Word-Based and LSA Algorithms. A. Graesser
P. Penumatsa
M. Ventura
Z. Cai
X. Hu
Using LSA in AutoTutor: Learning Through Mixed-Initiative Dialog in Natural Language. E. Kintsch
D. Caccamise
M. Franzke
N. Johnson
S. Dooley
Summary Streetr: Computer-Guided Summary Writing. L. Streeter
K. Lochbaum
N. LaVoie
J.E. Psotka
Automated Tools for Collaborative Learning Environments. Part IV: Information Retrieval and HCI Applications of LSA.S.T. Dumais
LSA and Information Retrieval: Getting Back to Basics. P.K. Foltz
T.K. Landauer
Helping People Find and Learn From Documents: Exploiting Synergies Between Human and Computer Retrieval With SuperManual. M.H. Blackmon
M. Kitajima
D.R. Mandalia
P.G. Polson
Automating Usability Evaluation Cognitive Walkthrough for the Web Puts LSA to Work on Real-World HCI Design Problems. Part V:Extensions to LSA.D.S. McNamara
Z. Cai
M.M. Louwerse
Optimizing LSA Measures of Cohesion. X. Hu
Z. Cai
P. Wiemer-Hastings
A.C. Graesser
D.S. McNamara
Strength
Weakness
and Extensions of LSA. M. Steyvers
T. Griffiths
Probabilistic Topic Models. S. Dennis
Introducing Word Order: Within the LSA Framework. Part VI:Conclusion.W. Kintsch
D.S. McNamara
S. Dennis
T.K. Landauer
LSA and Meaning: In Theory and Application.