Associative Networks- Representation and Use of Knowledge by Computers

Upon opening this book and leafing through the pages, one gets the impression of an important compendium. The fourteen articles provide good coverage of semantic networks and related systems for representing knowledge. Their average length of 33 pages is long enough to give each author reasonable scope, yet short enough to permit a variety of viewpoints to be expressed in a single volume. The editor should be commended for his efforts in putting together a wellorganized book instead of just another collection of unrelated papers.