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Title Querying over semantically rich data inspired by models of cognition
Abstract One of the topics in Larkc project (large scale reasoning) is whether cognitive models can help in large scale reasoning. The main question in Arjon's thesis is whether and how to use cognitively inspired models for querying over semantically rich data. The idea is to find the best answers to a query. This is realised by the concept of similarity-based methods from the psychology literature. Similarity-based methods provide a way to find quick improvements in reasoning that require little information. From the view point of computer science this gives new methods for selecting the best answers. From the cognitive viewpoint this enables to test cognitive models on much larger sets of data then would be possible in regular modeling environments. This project give some first results.