A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition

Title: en_US A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition
Creator: en_US Sussman, Gerald J.
Date: 2004-10-20T20:05:03Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:05:03Z
Date Issued: en_US 1973-08-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-297
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6894
Abstract: en_US This thesis confronts the nature of the process of learning an intellectual skill, the ability to solve problems efficiently in a particular domain of discourse. The investigation is synthetic; a computational performance model, HACKER, is displayed. Hacker is a computer problem-solving system whose performance improves with practice. HACKER maintains performance knowledge as a library of procedures indexed by descriptions of the problem types for which the procedures are appropriate. When applied to a problem, HACKER tries to use a procedure from this "Answer Library". If no procedure is found to be applicable, HACKER writes one using more general knowledge of the problem domain and of programming techniques. This new program may be generalized and added to the Answer Library.
Extent: en_US 200 p.; 39285395 bytes; 27613957 bytes
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-297