Abstract: "In this paper we argue that bidding in the game of Contract Bridge can profitably be regarded as a micro-world suitable for experimenting with pragmatics. We sketch an analysis in which a 'bidding system' is treated as the semantics of an artificial language, and show how t...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gambäck, Björn (VerfasserIn), Rayner, Manny (VerfasserIn), Pell, Barney (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge 1993
Schriftenreihe:	Computer Laboratory <Cambridge>: Technical report 299
Schlagworte:	Computer software Natural language processing (Computer science)
Zusammenfassung:	Abstract: "In this paper we argue that bidding in the game of Contract Bridge can profitably be regarded as a micro-world suitable for experimenting with pragmatics. We sketch an analysis in which a 'bidding system' is treated as the semantics of an artificial language, and show how this 'language', despite its apparent simplicity, is capable of supporting a wide variety of common speech acts parallel to those in natural languages; we also argue that the reason for the relatively unsuccessful nature of previous attempts to write strong Bridge playing programs has been their failure to address the need to reason explicity about knowledge, pragmatics, probabilities and plans We give an overview of Pragma, a system currently under development, which embodies these ideas in concrete form, using a combination of rule-based inference, stochastic simulation, and 'neural- net' learning. Examples are given illustrating the functionality of the system in its current form.
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