SUPERSTITIOUS LEARNING AND INDUCTION

Authors
WHITE AP LIU WZ
Citation
Ap. White et Wz. Liu, SUPERSTITIOUS LEARNING AND INDUCTION, Artificial intelligence review, 9(1), 1995, pp. 3-18
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Artificial Intelligence
Journal title
Artificial intelligence review → ACNP
ISSN journal
02692821
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-2821(1995)9:1<3:SLAI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The behaviourist perspective on superstition is explained and an analo gy is drawn between superstitious behaviour and the phenomenon of exce ssive branching in tree-based inductive learning algorithms operating under uncertainty. The argument is then extended to include cognitive aspects of learning and superstition. Further analogies are made with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ways in which these phenomena might be simulated are indicated.