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1、AdvancedInformationandKnowledgeProcessingSeriesEditorsProfessorLakhmiJainLakhmi.jain@unisa.edu.auProfessorXindongWuxwu@cs.uvm.eduForothertitlespublishedinthisseries,gotowww.springer.com/series/4738GianPieroZarriRepresentationandManagementofNarrativeInformationTheoreticalPrinciplesandImp
2、lementation13GianPieroZarriPresentAffiliationVirthualisProjectPolitecnicodiMilanoMilano,Italyzarri@noos.frAI&KPISSN:1610-3947ISBN:978-1-84800-077-3e-ISBN:978-1-84800-078-0DOI10.1007/978-1-84800-078-0BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheB
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6、bilityorliabilityforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmaybemade.Printedonacid-freepaperSpringerScienceþBusinessMediaspringer.comPrefaceThisbookcorrespondstoa(provisional–seethe‘‘Conclusion,’’Chapter5)assessmentofmoreof30yearsofworkaboutthepossibilityofdealinginan‘‘intelligent’’and‘‘automated’’way
7、with‘‘narratives’’–inshort,withthedescriptionofthemodalitiesaccordingtowhichsome‘‘characters’’(notneces-sarilyhuman)‘‘behave.’’Theresultsobtaineduptonowinthiscontext,i.e.theNarrativeKnowledgeRepresentationLanguage(NKRL),willbedescribedhereinthebestpossiblecompleteway.Note,howev
