Shultz, T. R. (2001). Assessing generalization in connectionist and rule-based models under the learning constraint. Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 922-927). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Although it is commonly assumed that rule-based models generalize more effectively than do connectionist models, the comparison is often confounded by pitting hand-written rules against learned connections. Three case studies from cognitive development show that, under the constraint that both types of models learn their representations from equivalent examples, generalization is consistently superior in connectionist models.
Abstracts, papers, chapters, and other documents are posted on this site as an efficient way to distribute reprints. The respective authors and publishers of these works retain all of the copyrights to this material. Anyone copying, downloading, bookmarking, or printing any of these materials agrees to comply with all of the copyright terms. Other than having an electronic or printed copy for fair personal use, none of these works may be reposted, reprinted, or redistributed without the explicit permission of the relevant copyright holders.
To obtain a PDF reprint of this particular article, signal your agreement with these copyright terms by clicking on the statement below.
I agree with all of these copyright terms PDF 75KB