Abst rac t : This paper discusses the kind of in fo rmat ion that must be present in a computer program that models the l i n g u i s t i c development of a c h i l d . A three stage model is presented that character izes the development of a na tu ra l l a n guage parser in a c h i l d of ages one, one and a h a l f , and two. Some data from ch i ld ren of these ages is presented. General prob...

Thinking of a computer as an educational tool emphasizes a solitary interaction between the learner and the computer. A tool is something that is applied to an object in order to change it, and this usually implies a single user working on a single object or project. While tools are an important aspect of an educational experience, the tool metaphor can isolate individual learners from each oth...

Multiagent systems in which agents interact with each other are now being proposed as a solution to many problems which can be grouped together under the \distributed problem solv-ing" umbrella. For such systems to work properly , it is necessary that agents learn from their environment and adapt their behaviour accordingly. In this paper we present a system which uses a combination of neuro{fu...

This paper describes a technique to compare large text sources using word vector representations (word2vec) and dimensionality reduction (tSNE) and how it can be implemented using Python. The technique provides a bird’s-eye view of text sources, e.g. text summaries and their source material, and enables users to explore text sources like a geographical map. Word vector representations capture m...