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9781558602014

Concept Formation : Knowledge and Experience in Unsupervised Learning

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    9781558602014

  • ISBN10:

    1558602011

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-07-01
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

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Summary

Pat Langley is a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, where he carries out research on machine learning and intelligent agents. Before coming to NASA, Dr. Langley was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, and a Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his PhD in cognitive psychology. Dr. Langley has published papers on a variety of topics including scientific discovery, concept formation, heuristics learning, motor learning, and language acquisition. He is co-author or editor of three other books. Dr. Langley serves as an editor of the journal Machine Learning and as director of the Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise.

Table of Contents

Inductive Approaches to Concept Formation
Computational Models of Concept Learningp. 3
An Incremental Bayesian Algorithm for Categorizationp. 45
Representational Specificity and Concept Learningp. 71
Discrimination Net Models of Concept Formationp. 103
Concept Formation in Structured Domainsp. 127
Knowledge and Experience in Concept Formation
Theory-Guided Concept Formationp. 165
Explanation-Based Learning as Concept Formationp. 179
Some Influences of Instance Comparisons on Concept Formationp. 207
Harpoons and Long Sticks: The Interaction of Theory and Similarity in Rule Inductionp. 237
Concept Formation over Problem-Solving Experiencep. 279
The Utility of Concept Formation in Intelligent Behavior
Concept Formation in Contextp. 307
The Formation and Use of Abstract Concepts in Designp. 323
Learning to Recognize Movementsp. 355
Representation Generation in an Exploratory Learning Systemp. 387
A Computational Account of Children's Learning About Number Conservationp. 423
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