title: Optical artificial intelligence and symbolic computing: an introduction.
abstract: After a short introduction, a brief overview of the research papers contained in this special issue is presented.
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authors.lastname: Eichmann
authors.forename: H J
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authors.lastname: Caulfield
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authors.lastname: Kadar