Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on MACHINE LEARNING. June 22–25, 1987 University of California, Irvine

Content: 
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
PREFACE: The Emerging Science of Machine Learning, Pages v-vi
Learning about speech sounds: The NEXUS Project, Pages 1-11, GARY BRADSHAW
Protos: An Exemplar-Based Learning Apprentice, Pages 12-23, E. Ray Bareiss, Bruce W. Porter, Craig C. Wier
Learning Representative Exemplars of Concepts: An Initial Case Study, Pages 24-30, DENNIS KIBLER, DAVID W. AHA
DECISION TREES AS PROBABILISTIC CLASSIFIERS, Pages 31-37, J.R. Quinlan
Conceptual Clustering, Learning from Examples, and Inference, Pages 38-49, DOUGLAS H. FISHER
How to Learn Imprecise Concepts: A Method for Employing a Two-Tiered Knowledge Representation in Learning, Pages 50-58, RYSZARD S. MICHALSKI
Quasi-Darwinian Learning in a Classifier System, Pages 59-65, STEWART W. WILSON
MORE ROBUST CONCEPT LEARNING USING DYNAMICALLY – VARIABLE BIAS, Pages 66-78, LARRY RENDELL, RAJ SESHU, DAVID TCHENG
Incremental Adjustment of Representations for Learning, Pages 79-90, JEFFREY C. SCHLIMMER
Concept Learning in Context, Pages 91-102, RICHARD M. KELLER
Strategy Learning with Multilayer Connectionist Representations, Pages 103-114, Charles W. Anderson
Learning a Preference Predicate, Pages 115-121, PAUL E. UTGOFF, SHARAD SAXENA
Acquiring Effective Search Control Rules: Explanation-Based Learning in the PRODIGY System, Pages 122-133, STEVEN MINTON, JAIME G. CARBONELL, OREN ETZIONI, CRAIG A. KNOBLOCK, DANIEL R. KUOKKA
The Anatomy of a Weak Learning Method for Use in Goal Directed Search, Pages 134-140, T.L. McCLUSKEY
Learning and Reusing Explanations, Pages 141-147, Kristian J. Hammond
LT Revisited: Experimental Results of Applying Explanation-Based Learning to the Logic of Principia Mathematica, Pages 148-159, PAUL O'RORKE
WHAT IS AN EXPLANATION IN DISCIPLE?, Pages 160-166, YVES KODRATOFF, GHEORGHE TECUCI
Extending Problem Solver Capabilities Through Case-Based Inference, Pages 167-178, JANET L. KOLODNER
LEARNING TO INTEGRATE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS, Pages 179-190, WENDY G. LEHNERT
How Do Machine-Learning Paradigms Fare in Language Acquisition?, Pages 191-197, URI ZERNIK
The Acquisition of Polysemy, Pages 198-204, JAMES H. MARTIN
Cirrus: an automated protocol analysis tool, Pages 205-217, KURT VANLEHN, STEVE GARLICK
Scientific Theory Formation Through Analogical Inference, Pages 218-229, BRIAN FALKENHAINER
Inducing Causal and Social Theories: A Prerequisite for Explanation-based Learning, Pages 230-241, Michael J. Pazzani
THE ROLE OF ABSTRACTIONS IN LEARNING QUALITATIVE MODELS, Pages 242-255, Igor Mozetic
Learning by Experimentation, Pages 256-266, JAIME G. CARBONELL, YOLANDA GIL
Observation and Generalisation in a Simulated Robot World, Pages 267-273, CLAUDE SAMMUT, DAVID HUME
Empirical and Analytic Discovery in IL, Pages 274-280, MICHAEL H. SIMS
Combining many searches in the FAHRENHEIT discovery system, Pages 281-287, Jan M. Zytkow
Causal Analysis and Inductive Learning, Pages 288-299, JOHN R. ANDERSON
Varieties of Learning in Soar: 1987, Pages 300-311, David M. Steier, John E. Laird, Allen Newell, Paul S. Rosenbloom, Rex A. Flynn, Andrew Golding, Thad A. Polk, Olin G. Shivers, Amy Unruh, Gregg R. Yost
Hill-Climbing Theories of Learning, Pages 312-323, PAT LANGLEY, JOHN H. GENNARI, WAYNE IBA
Bias, Version Spaces and Valiant's Learning Framework, Pages 324-336, David Haussler
Recent Results on Boolean Concept Learning, Pages 337-352, MICHAEL KEARNS, MING LI, LEONARD PITT, LESLIE G. VALIANT
Machine Learning from Structured Objects, Pages 353-363, ROBERT E. STEPP
A New Approach to Unsupervised Learning in Deterministic Environments, Pages 364-375, RONALD L. RIVEST, ROBERT E. SCHAPIRE
Searching for Operational Concept Descriptions in BAR, MetaLEX, and EBG, Pages 376-382, JACK MOSTOW
Explanation-Based Generalization as Resolution Theorem Proving, Pages 383-389, SMADAR T. KEDAR-CABELLI, L. THORNE MCCARTY
Analogy and Single-Instance Generalization, Pages 390-397, STUART J. RUSSELL
The Devolving Science of Machine Learning, Pages 398-401, BAT GANGLY
AUTHOR INDEX, Page 403