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MAGI: Analogy-based Encoding Using Regularity and Symmetry MAGI:使用规则和对称的基于类比的编码

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-49

R. W. Ferguson

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Are Scientific Theories that Predict Data More Believable than Theories that Retrospectively Explain Data? A Psychological Investigation 预测数据的科学理论比回顾性解释数据的理论更可信吗?心理调查

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-31

C. Chinn

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Tractable Learning of Probability Distributions Using the Contrastive Hebbian Algorithm 使用对比Hebbian算法的概率分布的可处理学习

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-142

C. Stark, James L. McClelland

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PCLEARN: A model for learning perceptual-chunks PCLEARN:一个学习感知块的模型

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-144

M. Suwa, H. Motoda

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Objects, actions, nouns, and verbs 宾语，动作，名词和动词

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-69

Peter M. Hastings, S. Lytinen

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Learning the Arabic Plural: The Case for Minority Default Mappings in Connectionist Networks. 学习阿拉伯语复数:连接主义网络中少数默认映射的情况。

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-55

N. Forrester, K. Plunkett

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Managing Disagreement in Intellectual Conversations: Coordinating Interpersonal and Conceptual Concerns in the Collaborative Construction of Mathematical Explanations 智力对话中的分歧管理:协调数学解释协作构建中的人际关系和概念关注

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-46

R. A. Engle, J. Greeno

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Explanatory AI, Indexical Reference, and Perception 解释性人工智能、索引参考和感知

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-132

L. Roberts

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Understanding Diagrammatic Demonstrations 理解图解演示

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-99

R. K. Lindsay

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Collaborative Explanations and Metacognition: Identifying Successful Learning Activities in the Acquisition of Cognitive Skills 协同解释与元认知:识别认知技能习得中的成功学习活动

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Pub Date : 2019-05-23 DOI: 10.4324/9781315789354-7

Katerine Bielaczyc, P. Pirolli, Ann L. Brown

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