?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information-Oriented+Computation+with+BABY-SIT&rft.creator=Tin%2C+Erkan&rft.creator=Akman%2C+Varol&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Logic&rft.description=While+situation+theory+and+situation+semantics+provide+an+appropriate+framework+for+a+realistic+model-theoretic+treatment+of+natural+language%2C+serious+thinking+on+their+%60computational'+aspects+has+only+recently+started.+Existing+proposals+mainly+offer+a+Prolog-+or+Lisp-like+programming+environment+with+varying+degrees+of+divergence+from+the+ontology+of+situation+theory.+In+this+paper%2C+we+introduce+a+computational+medium+(called+BABY-SIT)+based+on+situations.+The+primary+motivation+underlying+BABY-SIT+is+to+facilitate+the+development+and+testing+of+programs+in+domains+ranging+from+linguistics+to+artificial+intelligence+in+a+unified+framework+built+upon+situation-theoretic+constructs.&rft.publisher=CSLI+Publications%2C+Stanford+University%2C+Stanford%2C+California&rft.contributor=Seligman%2C+Jerry&rft.contributor=Westerstahl%2C+Dag&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F199%2F2%2FTinAkman.ps&rft.identifier=++Tin%2C+Erkan+and+Akman%2C+Varol++(1996)+Information-Oriented+Computation+with+BABY-SIT.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F199%2F