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by R.S. Michalski , Polishacade Myofsciences

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@MISC{Michalski93theinferential,
    author = {R.S. Michalski and Polishacade Myofsciences},
    title = {The Inferential Theory Of Learning: Developing Foundations for . . .},
    year = {1993}
}

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Thedevelopmentofmultistrategylearningsystemsrequiresaclearunderstandingoftherolesandthe applicabilityconditionsofdifferentlearningstrategies.Tothisend,thischapterintroducesthe InferentialTheoryofLearning thatprovidesaconceptualframeworkforexplaininglogicalcapabilities oflearningstrategies,i.e.,their competence.Viewinglearningasaprocessofmodifyingthelearner's knowledgebyexploringthelearner'sexperience,thetheorypostulatesthatanysuchprocesscanbe describedasasearchina knowledgespace, which involvesthelearner'sexperience,piorknowledgeand the learninggoal .Thesearchoperatorsareinstantiationsof knowledgetransmutations, whichare genericpatternsofknowledgechange.Transmutationsmayemployanybasictypeofinference --- deduction,inductionoranalogy.Severalfundamentalknowledg etransmutationsaredescribedinanovel andgeneralway,suchasgeneralization,abstraction,explanationandsimilization,andtheircounterparts, specialization,concretion,predictionanddissimilization,respectively.Generalizationenlargesthe referenceset ofadescription(thesetofentitiesthatarebeingdescribed).Abstractionreducesthe amountofthedetailaboutthereferenceset.Explanationgeneratespremisesthatexplain(orimply)the givenpropertiesofthereferenceset.Similization transfersknowledgefromonereferencesettoasimilar referenceset.Usingconceptsofthetheory,a multistrategytask -adaptivelearning(MTL)methodology isoutlined,andillustratedbyanexample.MTLdynamicallyadaptsstrategiestothe learningtask , definedbytheinputinformation,learner'sbackgroundknowledge,andthelearninggoal. Thegoalof MTLresearchisto synergisticallyintegrateawiderangeofinferentiallearningstrategies,suchas empiricalgeneralization,constructiveinduction, deductivegeneralization,explanation,prediction, abstraction,andsimilization. Keywords: learningtheory,inferencetheory,multi...

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