semantic network

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

A semantic network is a collection of nodes representing objects or concepts. Each node may have named attributes (e.g. "nos_of_legs:4") and directed relationships to other nodes (e.g. "owns"). The possible attributes and relationship sis sometimes defined in a formal ontology.

Used in Chap. 2: pages 19, 20; Chap. 5: page 63; Chap. 6: pages 80, 84; Chap. 18: page 276; Chap. 22: pages 345, 348, 349

A fragment of a semantic network.