Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics (Paperback)

Introduction xvii

Chapter 1 The Foundation of Cognitive Computing 1

Chapter 2 Design Principles for Cognitive Systems 21

Chapter 3 Natural Language Processing in Support of a Cognitive System 39

Chapter 4 The Relationship Between Big Data and Cognitive Computing 55

Chapter 5 Representing Knowledge in Taxonomies and Ontologies 71

Chapter 6 Applying Advanced Analytics to Cognitive Computing 87

Chapter 7 The Role of Cloud and Distributed Computing in Cognitive Computing 109

Chapter 8 The Business Implications of Cognitive Computing 125

Chapter 9 IBM’s Watson as a Cognitive System 137

Chapter 10 The Process of Building a Cognitive Application 157

Chapter 11 Building a Cognitive Healthcare Application 175

Chapter 12 Smarter Cities: Cognitive Computing in Government 197

Chapter 13 Emerging Cognitive Computing Areas 221

Chapter 14 Future Applications for Cognitive Computing 235

Glossary 251

Index 261