Model Selection for Solving Kinematics Problems

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Title
en_US Model Selection for Solving Kinematics Problems
Creator
en_US Goh, Choon P.
Date
2004-10-20T19:58:01Z
Date Available
2004-10-20T19:58:01Z
Date Issued
en_US 1990-09-01
Identifier
en_US AITR-1257
Abstract
en_US There has been much interest in the area of model-based reasoning within the Artificial Intelligence community, particularly in its application to diagnosis and troubleshooting. The core issue in this thesis, simply put, is, model-based reasoning is fine, but whence the model? Where do the models come from? How do we know we have the right models? What does the right model mean anyway? Our work has three major components. The first component deals with how we determine whether a piece of information is relevant to solving a problem. We have three ways of determining relevance: derivational, situational and an order-of-magnitude reasoning process. The second component deals with the defining and building of models for solving problems. We identify these models, determine what we need to know about them, and importantly, determine when they are appropriate. Currently, the system has a collection of four basic models and two hybrid models. This collection of models has been successfully tested on a set of fifteen simple kinematics problems. The third major component of our work deals with how the models are selected.
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en_US 91 p.
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Language
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Relation
en_US AITR-1257
Subject
en_US Canonical Models
en_US model selection
en_US lineau kinematics
en_US sdetermine relevance
en_US equation generation