"Learning and Inference with Schemas and Analogies"

4/25/1997: [time not recorded]
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Abstract: I will describe LISA, a model of Learning and Inference with Schemas and Analogies. LISA performs structure mapping as a form of guided pattern matching on structured, distributed representations. The resulting mappings are recorded and used to constrain future mappings. This mechanism is accompanied by a mechanism for learning new structures in an unsupervised fashion. The result is a system that performs retrieval from long-term memory, analogical mapping, inference, and schema induction, all as special cases of the same basic operations. LISA's operation and account of empirical findings will be described.

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