Creating A Memory of Causal Relationships - An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-based Learning Methods (Hardcover)

This book presents a theory of learning new causal relationships by making use of perceived regularities in the environment, general knowledge of causality, and existing causal knowledge. Integrating ideas from the psychology of causation and machine learning, the author introduces a new learning procedure called theory-driven learning that uses abstract knowledge of causality to guide the induction process.
Known as OCCAM, the system uses theory-driven learning when new experiences conform to common patterns of causal relationships, empirical learning to learn from novel experiences, and explanation-based learning when there is sufficient existing knowledge to explain why a new outcome occurred. Together these learning methods construct a hierarchical organized memory of causal relationships. As such, OCCAM is the first learning system with the ability to acquire, via empirical learning, the background knowledge required for explanation-based learning.
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General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1990
First published:	1990
Authors:	Michael J. Pazzani
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-0629-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
LSN:	0-8058-0629-6
Barcode:	9780805806298

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