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title: "Input-Expectation Discrepancy Reduction: A Ubiquitous Mechanism"
authors:
  - "Derek Partridge"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/49"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/0049.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1985
pages: "267-272"
track: "Cognitive Modelling"
keywords:
---

# Input-Expectation Discrepancy Reduction: A Ubiquitous Mechanism

Derek Partridge

*Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 267-272.

## Abstract

This paper examines the various manifestations of input-expectation discrepancy that occurs in a broad spectrum of research on intelligent behavior. It makes the point that each of the different research activities highlights different aspects of an input-expectation reduction mechanism and neglects others. A comprehensive view of this mechanism has been constructed and applied in the design of a cognitive industrial robot. The mechanism is explained as both a key for machine learning strategies, and a guide for the selection of appropriate memory structures to support intelligent behavior.