Propositional Logic Syntax Acquisition Using Induction and Self-Organisation
- Sierra, J. 1
- Santibáñez, J. 2
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1
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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2
Universidad de La Rioja
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Editorial: IGI Global
ISBN: 978160566236
Año de publicación: 2010
Páginas: 185-198
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
This chapter addresses the problem of the acquisition of the syntax of propositional logic. An approach based on general purpose cognitive capacities such as invention, adoption, parsing, generation, and induction is proposed. Self-organisation principles are used to show how a shared set of preferred lexical entries and grammatical constructions, that is, a language, can emerge in a population of autonomous agents which do not have any initial linguistic knowledge. Experiments in which a population of autonomous agents constructs a grammar that allows communicating the formulas of a propositional logic language are presented. These experiments extend previous work by considering a larger population and a much larger search space of grammar rules. In particular, the agents are allowed to order the expressions associated with the constituents of a logical formula in arbitrary order. Previous work assumed that the expressions associated with the connectives should be placed in the first position of the sentence