{"pk":32825,"title":"Extending a Model of Human Plausible Reasoning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"When one looks at transcripts of people answering questions or carrying on dialogues about everyday matters, their comments are filled with plausible inferences -- inferences that are not certain, but that make sense. Often, in forming these inferences, generalizations are made that are equally uncertain, but are nevertheless useful as a guide to their reasoning. This paper describes some extensions to our earlier description of a core theory of plausible reasoning (Collins and Michalski, 1989), based in large part on a recent protocol study. The primary focus is on the inductive inference patterns people use to form plausible generalizations, weakly held beliefs based on few examples. W e also show how the model was extended to deal with plausible inferences involving continuous quantities and inequalities.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Paper Presentations -- Reasoning and Mental Models","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43w4t7vg","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Mark","middle_name":"H.","last_name":"Burstein","name_suffix":"","institution":"Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.","department":""},{"first_name":"Allan","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Collins","name_suffix":"","institution":"Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1991-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/32825/galley/23885/download/"}]}