On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:03:43 +0900, Paul van Tilburg <paul / luon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 12:20:53AM +0900, zuzu wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:51:58 +0900, Paul van Tilburg <paul / luon.net> wrote:
> > > For a course in university (Intelligent Systems -- AI, neural nets,
> > > expert systems etc.) I and others have to write some kind of intelligent
> > > agent.  Inspired by the "tutor" example of the course and our love for
> > > Ruby, we decided (free choice assignment) to write a Ruby Programming
> > > Language Tutor.
> >
> > how related is this to the work of allen nwwell and john anderson with
> > SOAR and ACT-R, respectively?
> > http://sitemaker.umich.edu/soar/
> > http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_tutor
> 
> It is very related, but Lispy. :) In the course a VR agent interacting
> with a student to learn him how to operate was demo'ed, very cool.
> It has the same principles, just like this:
> http://www.algebratutor.org/comparison.html
> (nice too).
> 
> I think in our case, more heuristics are involved.  We can't make a
> whole generic AI system, it would take more that the 6 weeks we have.
> Just to show it works for some lessons/excersizes and that it will work
> in a more generic case.
> 
> I still have no ideas on how to start/build this.  Well, I've decided on
> Webrick, but that's about it. :) So if any of you have ideas on how to
> undertake this assignment, please reply/let me know.

have you already read:

The Atomic Components of Thought by John R. Anderson - ISBN 0805828176
&
Unified Theories of Cognition (William James Lectures) by Allen Newell
- ISBN 0674921011
?


i just started getting into this myself for a much more long-term
project.  however, i have shared your idea with my research associates
and will forward all relevant feedback.

could you share your inspirational example?

i eagerly await your progress. :-)
-z

> Paul
> 
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