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Explanation-based Generalization in a Logic-Programming Environment

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Proceedings of the Tenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Knowledge Acquisition. Pages 221-226.

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This paper describes a domain-independent implementation of explanation-based generalization (EBG) within a logic-programming environment. Explanation is interleaved with generalization, so that as the training instance is proven to be a positive example of the goal concept, the generalization is simultaneously created. All aspects of the EBG task are viewed in logic, which provides a clear semantics for EBG, and allows its integration into the logic-programming system. In this light operationality becomes a property requiring explicit reasoning. Additionally, viewing EBG in logic clarifies the relation of learning search-control to EBG, and suggest. solutions for dealing with imperfect domain theories.

Haym Hirsh. 1987. Explanation-based Generalization in a Logic-Programming Environment. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-87. IJCAI, 221–226. https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1987/45
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