Integrating structure and meaning: a distributed model of analogical mapping
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چکیده
In this paper we present Drama, a distributed model of analogical mapping that integrates semantic and structural constraints on constructing analogies. Specifically, Drama uses holographic reduced representations (Plate, 1994), a distributed representation scheme, to model the effects of structure and meaning on human performance of analogical mapping. Drama is compared to three symbolic models of analogy (SME, Copycat, and ACME) and one partially distributed model (LISA). We describe Drama’s performance on a number of example analogies and assess the model in terms of neurological and psychological plausibility. We argue that Drama’s successes are due largely to integrating structural and semantic constraints throughout the mapping process. We also claim that Drama is an existence proof of using distributed representations to model high-level cognitive phenomena. © 2001 Cognitive Science Society, Inc. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cognitive Science
دوره 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001