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Subject: UW AI Semi., Dr. Greiner on "Learning by Understanding Analogies".
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
SEMINAR ACTIVITIES

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMINAR

                    - Wednesday, August 6, 1986.

Dr.  Russ  Greiner  of  the  University of Toronto will
speak on ``Learning by Understanding Analogies''.

TIME:                3:30 PM

ROOM:              MC 6091A

ABSTRACT

This  thesis describes a method for learning by analogy
--  i.e.,  for proposing new conjectures about a target
analogue  based on facts known about a source analogue.
After   formally  defining  this  process,  we  present
heuristics  which  efficiently  guide it to the conjec-
tures  which  can  help  solve  a given problem.  These
rules  are  based  on the view that a useful analogy is
one  which provides the information needed to solve the
problem,  and  no more.  Experimental data confirms the
effectiveness of this approach.