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Outline of a computational approach to meaning and knowledge representation based on the concept of a generalized assignment statement

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Zadeh, L.A. (1986). Outline of a computational approach to meaning and knowledge representation based on the concept of a generalized assignment statement. In: Winter, H. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Man-Machine Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0006964

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