Classification
Concept Learning
Equivalent Classes
- Index actions based on equivalence class, which severely limits the usable input percepts
- Break up a large problem into a large number of smaller problems
Concept Hierarchy
Vertibrate -> Mammal -> Bird -> Eagle, Bluebird, Penguin -> Reptile
Axiomatic Concept
- Most formal
- Easiest to talk about and teach a computer
- Concept defined by a formal set of necessary and sufficient conditions
- definition of a circle, for example
Prototypical Concept
- Mid formal
- Base concept defined by a typical example with overridable properties
- Well represented by frames
Exemplar Concept
- Least formal
- Concepts defined by implicit abstractions of instances, or exemplars of the concept
- "This painting is beautiful", what is beauty