• DocumentCode
    2803453
  • Title

    A Scalable Problem-Solver for Large Knowledge-Bases

  • Author

    Chaw, Shaw-Yi ; Barker, Ken ; Porter, Bruce ; Tecuci, Dan ; Yeh, Peter Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    461
  • Lastpage
    468
  • Abstract
    We describe a problem solver built to answer questions like those on advanced placement exams using knowledge bases authored by domain experts. The problem solver is designed to work independently of any particular knowledge base or domain. Given a question, the problem solver identifies those portions of the knowledge base that are relevant to the question. We found that simple heuristics for judging relevance significantly improved performance, with no drop in coverage.
  • Keywords
    knowledge based systems; problem solving; advanced placement exams; large knowledge-bases; scalable problem-solver; Artificial intelligence; Biological cells; Cells (biology); Chemistry; Equations; Information retrieval; Libraries; Logic; Physics computing; Vents; Knowledge Base Systems; Problem Solving; Project Halo; Question Answering; Reasoning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 2009. ICTAI '09. 21st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Newark, NJ
  • ISSN
    1082-3409
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5619-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1082-3409
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTAI.2009.108
  • Filename
    5362564