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    "title": "Rule Learning and the Power Law: A Computational Model and Empirical Results",
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    "abstract": "Using a process model of skill acquisition allo-\nwed us to examine the microstructure of subjects'\nperformance of a scheduling task. The model, im-\nplemented in the Soar-architecture, fits many qua-\nlitative (e.g., learning rate) and quantitative (e.g.,\nsolution time) effects found in previously collec-\nted data. T h e model's predictions were tested\nwith data from a new study where the identical\ntask was given to the model and to 14 subjects.\nAgain a general fitof the model was found with\nthe restrictions that the task is easier for the m o -\ndel than for subjects and its performance impro-\nves more quickly. T h e episodic memory chunks it\nlearns while scheduling tasks show h o w acquisition\nof general rules can be performed without resort\nto explicit declarative rule generation. T h e model\nalso provides an explanation of the noise typically\nfound when fittinga set of data to a power law —\nit is the result of chunking over actual knowledge\nrather than \"average\" knowledge. Only when the\ndata are averaged (over subjects here) does the\nsmooth power law appear.",
    "language": "eng",
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            "first_name": "Josef",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Nerb",
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            "institution": "University of Regensburg",
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            "first_name": "Josef",
            "middle_name": "F.",
            "last_name": "Krems",
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            "institution": "University of Regensburg",
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            "first_name": "Frank",
            "middle_name": "E .",
            "last_name": "Ritter",
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            "institution": "University of Nottingham",
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    "date_published": "1993-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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