The structure-mapping engine: Algorithm and examples
1989/11/01 by Brian Falkenhainer, Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner · 1,450 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · #AI-based Problem Solving and Planning #Algorithm #Analogy #Artificial intelligence #Bounded function #Component (thermodynamics) #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #Computer science #Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization #Flexibility (engineering) #Machine learning #Matching (statistics) #Mathematics #Theoretical computer science
paper · doi:10.1016/0004-3702(89)90077-5
published in Artificial Intelligence 41(1), 1-63 (Elsevier BV)
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