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From: smb@datran2.uunet (Steven M. Boker)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI and Hypertext
Summary: What does hypertext have to do with AI?
Keywords: Intelligent Information Retrieval
Message-ID: <406@datran2.uunet>
Date: 27 Jul 89 18:42:23 GMT
References: <20607@bikini.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: Data Transforms, Denver, CO
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I am involved in a project here at Data Transforms that is attempting
to create a hypertext grouping system that uses the notions of
fuzzy logic to create the inclusion/exclusion relationships
for the hypertextual links.  We are hoping to create a system that
will allow the hypertext links to be formed at runtime based on
the needs of the user.  We are stucturing each concept with weightings
to prerequisites, correlates and consequences to create a time ordered
knowledge network that the user can query.  We hope to end up with
a system that will provide the user with ways to find the information
he needs to understand a concept even when he doesn't know which
information he is missing.

I don't know when or if this work will be commercially available,
but I have found it fascinating if somewhat complex.

I would welcome comments or other peoples experiences with this kind
of knowledge representation system.

Steve Boker
smb@datran2.uunet