{"pk":31855,"title":"Incremental Structure-Mapping","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Many cognitive tasks involving analogy, such as understanding metaphors, problem-solving, and learning, require the ability to extend mappings as new information is found. This paper describes a new version of SME, called I-SME, that operates incrementally. I-SME is inspired by Keane's lAM model and the use of incremental mapping in Falkenhainer's PHINEAS learning system. W e describe the I-SME algorithm and discuss tradeoffs introduced by incremental mapping, including parallel versus serial pnxessing and pragmatic influences. The utility of 1-SME is illustrated by two examples. First, we show that I-SME can account for the psychological results found by Keane on a serial version of the Holyoak & Thagard attribute mapping task. Second, we describe how I-SME is used in the Minimal Analogical Reasoning System (MARS), which uses analogy to solve engineering thermodynamics problems.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Refereed Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6413h7f7","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kenneth","middle_name":"D.","last_name":"Forbus","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Ronald","middle_name":"W .","last_name":"Ferguson","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Dedre","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gentner","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1994-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/31855/galley/22922/download/"}]}