Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning: A Lifelong Learning Approach: 357 (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 357) - Hardcover

Thrun, Sebastian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792397169 ISBN 13: 9780792397168

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

Lifelong learning addresses situations in which a learner faces a series of different learning tasks providing the opportunity for synergy among them. Explanation-based neural network learning (EBNN) is a machine learning algorithm that transfers knowledge across multiple learning tasks. When faced with a new learning task, EBNN exploits domain knowledge accumulated in previous learning tasks to guide generalization in the new one. As a result, EBNN generalizes more accurately from less data than comparable methods. Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning: A Lifelong Learning Approach describes the basic EBNN paradigm and investigates it in the context of supervised learning, reinforcement learning, robotics, and chess.
`The paradigm of lifelong learning - using earlier learned knowledge to improve subsequent learning - is a promising direction for a new generation of machine learning algorithms. Given the need for more accurate learning methods, it is difficult to imagine a future for machine learning that does not include this paradigm.'
From the Foreword by Tom M. Mitchell.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792397169
• ISBN 13: 9780792397168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280