Intermediate · Data
Semantic network
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TL;DR. A graph-based knowledge representation showing concepts and their relationships.
Technical Definition
A graph-based knowledge representation showing concepts and their relationships.
How it works
A semantic network is a knowledge representation structure that models concepts and the semantic relationships between them as a graph. Nodes represent concepts, and edges represent the relationships (like 'is-a' or 'has-part'). This structure is often used in AI to organize knowledge and facilitate reasoning.
Related Concepts
- Knowledge Representation — How facts and relationships are encoded so a system can reason over them.
- Ontology — A formal specification of the concepts, properties, and relationships in a domain.
- Graph database (GDB) — A database that uses graph structures with nodes and edges to store and query data based on relationships.
- Natural language processing (NLP) — A field of AI enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language.