Computational semiotics

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Computational semiotics is an interdisciplinary field that applies, conducts, and draws on research in logic, mathematics, the theory and practice of computation, formal and natural language studies, the cognitive sciences generally, and semiotics proper. A common theme of this work is the adoption of a sign-theoretic perspective on issues of artificial intelligence and knowledge representation. Many of its applications lie in the field of computer-human interaction (CHI).

One part of this field, known as algebraic semiotics, combines aspects of algebraic specification and social semiotics, and has been applied to user interface design and to the representation of mathematical proofs.

Bibliography

• Andersen, P.B. (1991). A Theory of Computer Semiotics, Cambridge University Press.

• de Souza, C.S., The Semiotic Engineering of Human-Computer Interaction, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005.

• Hugo, J. (2005), "The Semiotics of Control Room Situation Awareness", Fourth International Cyberspace Conference on Ergonomics, Virtual Conference, 15 Sep – 15 Oct 2005. Eprint

• Mili, A., Desharnais, J., Mili, F., with Frappier, M., Computer Program Construction, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1994. — Introduction to Tarskian relation theory and its applications within the relational programming paradigm.

See also

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• Artificial intelligence
• Computational linguistics
• Computer-human interaction
• Formal language

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• Information theory
• Knowledge representation
• Logic of information
• Meaning

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• Natural language
• Relational database
• Semiotic information theory
• User interface

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External links

• Goguen, J., Algebraic Semiotics

• Gudwin, R.R., Computational Semiotics

• International Computational Semiotics Group

• UNICAMP Computational Semiotics Group