Introduction to the HNC (Conceptual Hierarchical Network) Theory

Author: Miao Chuanjiang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: HNC is the abbreviation of English Hierarchical Network of Concepts (HNC). The HNC theory is a theoretical system for natural language understanding and processing. It establishes a new model for expressing and processing natural language, primarily based on the conceptual association network. This model not only applies to computer-based natural language processing, such as machine translation, intelligent retrieval, automatic summarization, and human-computer dialogue, but also offers significant inspiration for many other aspects of natural language research, such as linguistic ontology research and linguistic cognitive research. HNC was established by a Chinese scholar and has gradually gained widespread attention and recognition from academia over the past 10 years. Its theory and technology have been widely applied in language research, as well as in the development of language information processing systems and products.
This book is based on the monograph HNC (Hierarchical Network of Concepts) Theory—A New Approach to Computer Understanding of Language Research by Mr. Huang Zengyang, the founder of HNC. It provides a comprehensive and systematic explanation of the key points and characteristics of HNC in three aspects: theory, technology, and knowledge base construction. It serves as a tutorial-style work for learning, researching, and applying the HNC theory.
This book is suitable for researchers, developers, and learners in fields such as natural language understanding, linguistics, language information processing, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science, as well as readers with an interest in scientific issues related to natural language.