“You can't miss it!”: Judging the clarity of directions

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Cognitive ScienceVolume 4, Issue 3 p. 285-303 Free Access “You Can't Miss it!”: Judging the Clarity of Directions Christopher K. Riesbeck, Christopher K. Riesbeck Yale UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Christopher K. Riesbeck, Christopher K. Riesbeck Yale UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1980 https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0403_3Citations: 27AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES Bobrow, D. & Winograd, T. An overview of KRL, a knowledge representation language. Cognitive Science, 1977, 1, 3– 46. Charniak, E. Toward a model of children's story comprehension. Ph.D. Thesis MIT, AI TR-266, 1972. Cullingford, R. Script application: Computer understanding of newspaper stories. Ph.D. Thesis Research Report 116, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1977. DeJong, G. Skimming stories in real time: An experiment in integrated understanding. Ph.D. Thesis. Research Report 158, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1979. Gershman, A. Knowledge-Based Parsing. Ph.D. Thesis. Research Report 156, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1979. Kuipers, B. Modeling Spatial Knowledge. Cognitive Science. 1978, 2, 129– 153. McDermott, D. Spatial Inferences with ground, metric formulas on simple objects. Research Report 173, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1980. Newell, A., & Simon, H. Human problem solving. Englewood Cliffs , N.J. : Prentice-Hall. 1972. Norman, D., & Bobrow, D. On data-limited and resource-limited processes. Cognitive Psychology. 1975, 7, 44– 64. Riesbeck, C., & Charniak, E. Micro-SAM and Micro-ELI: Exercises in popular cognitive mechanics. Research Report 139, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1978. Riesbeck, C., & Schank, R. Comprehension by computer: Expectation-based analysis of sentences in context. Research Report 78, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1976. Schank, R., & Abelson, R. Scripts, plans, goals, and understanding: An inquiry into human knowledge structures. Hillsdale , N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1977. Schank, R., Lebowitz, M., & Birnbaum, L. Integrated partial parsing. Research Report 143, New Haven, Conn., Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 1978. Wilks, Y. Making preferences more active. In N. Findler (Ed.), Associative networks: Representation and use of knowledge by computers. New York : Academic Press, 1979. Zadeh, L. PRUF—a meaning representation language for natural languages. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 1978, 10, 395– 460. Citing Literature Volume4, Issue3July 1980Pages 285-303 ReferencesRelatedInformation