Inducing design biases that characterize successful experimentation in weak-theory domains: TIPS
- Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Experiment design in domains with weak theories is largely a trial-and-error process. In such domains, the effects of actions are unpredictable due to insufficient knowledge about the causal relationships among entities involved in an experiment. Thus, experiments are designed based on heuristics obtained from prior experience. Assuming that past experiment designs leading to success or failure can be recorded electronically, this thesis research proposes one method for analyzing these designs to yield hints regarding effective operator application sequences. This work assumes that the order in which operators are applied matters to the overall success of experiments. Experiment design can also be thought of as a form of planning, since it involves generation of a sequence of steps comprising of one or more operations that can change the environment by changing values of some of the parameters that describe the environment. Experiment design operators can therefore be thought of as plan operators at higher levels of abstraction. This thesis proposes a method for learning contexts within which applying certain sequences of operators has favored successful experimentation in the past.
- OSTI ID:
- 430866
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960876-; TRN: 96:006521-0243
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. National conference on artifical intelligence and the 8. Innovative applications of artificial intelligence conference, Portland, OR (United States), 4-8 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the thirteenth national conference on artificial intelligence and the eighth innovative applications of artificial intelligence conference. Volume 1 and 2; PB: 1626 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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