Summary of Learning Alternative Ways Of Performing a Task, by David Nieves et al.
Learning Alternative Ways of Performing a Task
by David Nieves, María José Ramírez-Quintana, Carlos Monserrat, César Ferri, José Hernández-Orallo
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| Summary difficulty | Written by | Summary |
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel inductive approach for learning multiple models that represent alternative strategies for performing complex tasks is introduced. Traditional machine learning techniques are not suitable for this scenario due to limited training data, so an iterative process based on generalization and specialization is employed. The approach starts with few executions of the task presented as activity sequences and learns underlying patterns that capture different styles of task execution. This method is evaluated using two metrics that measure how well the models represent examples and capture different forms of task execution. The results are compared to traditional process mining approaches, showing that a small set of meaningful examples can be sufficient to obtain patterns that capture different strategies for solving tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way to learn how to do things is being developed. Instead of just copying what experts do, this method looks at how they do it and tries to figure out the underlying rules. This is especially useful when there are many ways to do something, and even experts don’t always do it the same way. The approach uses a small number of examples to learn multiple models that represent different strategies for completing tasks. This method was tested on two real-life scenarios: teaching surgical skills and cooking. It outperformed traditional methods in representing examples and capturing different ways of doing things. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Machine learning
