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Creating a Memory of Causal Relationships: An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-Based Learning Methods

Creating a Memory of Causal Relationships: An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-Based Learning Methods

Pazzani, Michael J.

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General ComputersGeneral Psychology

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ISBN10: 0805807896
ISBN13: 9780805807899
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: Apr 1 1990
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.14 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

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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