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Contextual Recognition

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In this chapter we move beyond the primary theme of recognition and begin to understand what the next level of understanding looks like. Specifically, we will discuss the concept of "context" and contextual understanding. In simple terms, context refers to the environment under which we are trying to understand something.

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Tickoo, O., Iyer, R. (2017). Contextual Recognition. In: Making Sense of Sensors. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6593-1_4

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