Ferguson, R. W. (2001). Symmetry: An Analysis of Cognitive and Diagrammatic Characteristics. Doctoral Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. PDF
Ferguson, R.W. (In preparation).MAGI: A model of symmetry and repetition detection.
Ferguson, R. W., Aminoff, A., & Gentner, D. (Submitted). Early detection of qualitative symmetry. Abstract
Gentner, D., Brem, S., Ferguson, R. W., Markman, A. B., Levidow, B. B., Wolff, P., & Forbus, K. D. (1997). Analogical reasoning and conceptual change: A case study of Johannes Kepler. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 6(1), 3-40. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W. (1997). Book Review of The Subtlety of Sameness , by Robert M. French. The Knowledge Engineering Review, 12(4), 417-420.
Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D., Markman, A. B., & Ferguson, R. W. (1997). Analogy just looks like high level perception: Why a domain-general approach to analogical mapping is right. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. Abstract Full text
Mappus, R. L. I., Ferguson, R. W., Czechowski, K., & Corballis, P. M. (2005-submitted). Spotting differences: How qualitative asymmetries influence visual search. Paper presented at the Cognitive Science Conference, Stresa, Italy. Full text
Bokor, J. L., & Ferguson, R. W. (2005). Integrating probabilistic reasoning into a symbolic diagrammatic reasoner. Paper presented at the FLAIRS-2005.
Ferguson, R.W., Bokor, J.L., Mappus, R.L., & Feldman, A. (2003). Maintaining spatial relations in an incremental diagrammatic reasoner. Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Ittingen, Switzerland, September 2003. Full text
Ferguson, R.W. (2003). Mapping self-similar structure: Commutative expressions in structure-mapping. Cognitive Science Conference, Boston, August 2003. Full text
Forbus, K.D., Ferguson, R.W., & Usher, J.M. (2001). Towards a computational model of sketching. Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces.
Ferguson, R. W., & Forbus, K. D. (2000). GeoRep: A flexible tool for spatial representation of line drawings, Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence . Austin, Texas: AAAI Press. Abstract Full text
Forbus, K. D., Ferguson, R. W., & Usher, J. M. (2000). Towards a computational model of sketching, Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces . Sante Fe, New Mexico. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W. (2000). Modeling orientation effects in symmetry detection: The role of visual structure, Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum. Abstract Full text
Ferguson, R. W., Aminoff, A., & Gentner, D. (1996). Modeling qualitative differences in symmetry judgments, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Abstract Full text
Ferguson, R. W. (1994). MAGI: Analogy-based encoding using symmetry and regularity. In A. Ram & K. Eiselt (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 283-288). Atlanta, GA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Abstract Full text
Forbus, K. D., Ferguson, R. W., & Gentner, D. (1994).Incremental structure mapping. In A. Ram & K. Eiselt (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 313-318). Atlanta, GA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W., Cutshaw, N., & Zafar, H. (2005). Toward intelligent drawing constraints. Paper presented at the AAAI Spring Symposium on Reasoning with Mental and External Diagrams, Palo Alto, California. Full text
Ferguson, R.W., & Forbus, K. D. (2002). A cognitive approach to sketch understanding. AAAI Spring Symposium on Sketch Understanding. PDF
Forbus, K. D., Ferguson, R. W., & Usher, J. M. (2000). Boundary-based multimodal input for geographic planning sketches. In P. Healy (Ed.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Interactive Graphical Communication . London: Queen Mary College, University of London. Abstract Full text
Ferguson, R. W., Rasch, R. A. J., Turmel, W., & Forbus, K. D. (2000). Qualitative spatial interpretation of Course-of-Action diagrams, Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning . Morelia, Mexico. Abstract Full text
Forbus, K., Ferguson, R. and Usher, J. (2000). Towards a computational model of sketching. Proceedings of QR2000, Morelia, Mexico. Abstract Full text
Ferguson, R. W., & Gentner, D. (2000). Analogical encoding: A framework. Poster presentation at Thinking-2000 conference. Durham, England. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W., Rasch, R. A. J., Turmel, W., & Forbus, K. D.(2000). Qualitative spatial interpretation of Course-of-Action diagrams. Poster presented at the Intelligent Systems Demonstrations, 18th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Austin, Texas. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W., & Forbus, K. D. (1999, June, 1999).GeoRep: A flexible tool for spatial representation of line drawings. Qualitative Reasoning Workshop, Loch Awe, Scotland. Abstract
Ferguson, R. W., & Forbus, K. D. (1998). Telling juxtapositions: Using repetition and alignable difference in diagram understanding. In K. Holyoak, D. Gentner, & B. Kokinov (Eds.), Advances in Analogy Research (pp. 109-117). Sofia, Bulgaria: New Bulgarian University. Abstract Full text
Ferguson, R. W., Forbus, K. D., & Gentner, D.(1997).On the proper treatment of noun-noun metaphor: A critique of the Sapper model. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Full text
Ferguson, R. W., & Forbus, K. D. (1995). Understanding illustrations of physical laws by integrating differences in visual and textual representations. Presented at the Fall Symposium on Computational Models for Integrating Language and Vision., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Abstract Full text
Gentner, D., Brem, S., Ferguson, R. W., Wolff, P., Markman, A. B., & Forbus, K. D. (1997). Analogy and creativity in the works of Johannes Kepler. In T. B. Ward, S. M. Smith, & J. Vaid (Eds.), Creative Thought: An Investigation of Conceptual Structures and Processes (pp. 403-459). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Qualitative spatial reasoning in diagrams. Talk at International Computer Science Institute, University of California at Berkeley. February 28, 2000.
Qualitative spatial reasoning in diagrams. Talk at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. February 29, 2000.
Qualitative spatial reasoning in diagrams. Learning Science Brown Bag. Department of Education, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. March 6, 2000.
GeoRep: A flexible system for spatial representation of line drawings. Talk at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Cambridge, UK. August 27, 2000.
GeoRep: A flexible system for spatial representation of line drawings. Talk at the School of Computing, University of Leeds. Leeds, UK. September 4, 2000.