--- title: "Kenneth D. Forbus — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Kenneth D. Forbus, Northwestern University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1989–1995), h-index 51 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Kenneth D. Forbus # Kenneth D. Forbus Kenneth D. Forbus has 2 papers in our library, in 1989–1995, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Dedre Gentner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/). 2 papers in our library · 1989–1995 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5063358572) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2067-5227) · [**h-index 51**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5063358572) · [414 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5063358572) · [14,189 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5063358572&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 184 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1505](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/16/#star-1505) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Kenneth+D.+Forbus) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Kenneth+D.+Forbus) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Kenneth+D.+Forbus) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Kenneth+D.+Forbus) ## Affiliations [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 1990–2026 · 189 papersEmployment since 1990 · Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 1986–1990 · 18 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Laoag · Philippines 2009–2023 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university-ph/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1977–1993 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 1990s [**1995** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/year/1995/) ### 1980s [**1989** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/year/1989/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The structure-mapping engine: Algorithm and examples](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/falkenhainer-1989-structure-mapping-engine-algorithm-examples/)** *(1989 · 1,487 citations)* The paper presents the Structure-Mapping Engine (SME), a program that computationally models the mapping stage of analogy under Gentner's Structure-mapping theory. 2. **[MAC/FAC: A model of similarity-based retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/forbus-1995-mac-fac-model-similarity-based/)** *(1995 · 742 citations)* Similarity-based memory retrieval presents a puzzle. When people compare two cases side by side, they weight shared relational structure more than surface overlap. When recalling from long-term memory, however, surface resemblance tends to dominate, yet purely analogical remindings still occur occasionally. ## All works 7 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[The structure-mapping engine: Algorithm and examples](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/falkenhainer-1989-structure-mapping-engine-algorithm-examples/) [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/)**Brian Falkenhainer, Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner*1989 · 1,487 citations* 2. **[MAC/FAC: A model of similarity-based retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/forbus-1995-mac-fac-model-similarity-based/) [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/)**Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner, Keith Law*1995 · 742 citations* 3. **[Neural Symbolic Machines: Learning Semantic Parsers on Freebase with Weak Supervision ↗](https://aclanthology.org/P17-1003/) Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Chen Liang et al.*2017 · 522 citations* 4. **[Neural Symbolic Machines: Learning Semantic Parsers on Freebase with Weak Supervision (Short Version) ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.01197) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Liang Chen et al.*2016 · 8 citations* 5. **[The Illinois Intentional Tort Qualitative Dataset ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/faia220459) JURIX 2022 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) · no summary yet**Joseph Blass, Kenneth Forbus*2022 · 4 citations* 6. **[A Defeasible Deontic Calculus for Resolving Norm Conflicts ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04869) arXiv:2407.04869 · no summary yet**Taylor Olson, Roberto Salas-Damian, Kenneth D. Forbus*2024 · 2 citations* 7. **[New Frontiers in Computational Models of Grammatical Development - eScholarship ↗](https://openalex.org/W2765386963) Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society · no summary yet**Micah B. Goldwater et al.*2012* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dedre Gentner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/): [Artificial Intelligence 1989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/1989/) - [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/): [Cognitive Science 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/1995/) - JURIX 2022 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) - Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 184 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [25 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026