| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in ancient documents |
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Oxford studies in ancient documents
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| Contents |
Knowledge elicitation and the papyrologist -- How do papyrologists read ancient texts? -- The palaeography of Vindolanda -- Using artificial intelligence to read the Vindolanda texts -- Results -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The ink and stylus tablets discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda are a unique resource for scholars of ancient history. However, the stylus tablets in particular are extremely difficult to read. This book details the development of what appears to be the first system constructed to aid experts in the process of reading an ancient document, exploring the extent to which techniques from artificial intelligence can be used to develop a system that could aid historians in reading the stylus texts. Using knowledge elicitation techniques (borrowed from artificial intelligence and engineering science), a model is proposed for how experts construct a reading of a text. A prototype system is presented that can read in image data and produce realistic and plausible textual interpretations of the writing that appears on the documents. Incorporating knowledge elicited from experts working on the texts, and utilizing image processing techniques developed in engineering science to analyze the stylus tablets, the book includes a corpora of letter forms generated from the Vindolanda text corpus, and a detailed description of the architecture of the system. This research presents the first stages towards developing a cognitive visual system that can propagate realistic interpretations from image data |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Vindolanda tablets. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84175233
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Vindolanda tablets fast |
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Inscriptions, Latin -- England -- Chesterholme
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Wooden tablets -- England -- Chesterholme
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Paleography -- Data processing
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Artificial intelligence -- Research
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Connectionism.
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Minimum description length (Information theory)
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Image analysis.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Artificial intelligence -- Research
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Classical antiquities
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Connectionism
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Image analysis
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Inscriptions, Latin
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Minimum description length (Information theory)
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Paleography -- Data processing
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Wooden tablets
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Römerzeit
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Schreibtafel
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Entzifferung
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Bildanalyse
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Künstliche Intelligenz
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Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87007286
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Chesterholme (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
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England -- Chesterholme
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England -- Chesterholme -- Vindolanda Site
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Vindolanda
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robertson, Paul, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9781435621169 |
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1435621166 |
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9780191708121 |
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0191708127 |
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