[CG] Re: Theme One Program • Jets and Sharks

Cf: Theme One Program • Jets and Sharks 3 https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/09/03/theme-one-program-jets-and-sharks… Re: Theme One Program • Jets and Sharks https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/25/theme-one-program-jets-and-sharks… https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/30/theme-one-program-jets-and-sharks… Example 5. Jets and Sharks (cont.) All, Given a representation of the Jets and Sharks universe in computer memory, we naturally want to see if that memory serves to supply the facts a well-constructed data base should. In their PDP Handbook presentation of the Jets and Sharks example, McClelland and Rumelhart suggest several exercises for the reader to explore the performance of their neural pool memory model on the tasks of retrieval and generalization (Exercise 2.1). ( https://web.stanford.edu/group/pdplab/pdphandbook/handbookch3#x7-330001 ) Using cactus graphs or minimal negations to implement pools of mutually inhibitory neurons lends itself to neural architectures on a substantially different foundation from the garden variety connectionist models. At a high level of abstraction, however, there is enough homology between the two orders to compare their performance on many of the same tasks. With that in mind, I tried Theme One on a number of examples like the ones suggested by McClelland and Rumelhart. What follows is a brief discussion of two examples as given in the original User Guide. Next time I'll fill in more details about the examples and discuss their bearing on the larger issues at hand. With a query on the name “ken” we obtain the following output, giving all the features associated with Ken. Jets and Sharks • Query 1 https://inquiryintoinquiry.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/theme-one-guide-e280… With a query on the two features “college” and “sharks” we obtain the following outline of all features satisfying those constraints. Jets and Sharks • Query 2 https://inquiryintoinquiry.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/theme-one-guide-e280… From this we discover all college Sharks are 30‑something and married. Further, we have a complete listing of their names broken down by occupation. To be continued … Regards, Jon