Holistic Computation: Reconstructing a Muddled Concept
作者:
JAMES A HAMMERTON,
期刊:
Connection Science
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 1
页码: 3-19
ISSN:0954-0091
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/095400998116558
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Holistic Computation;Distributed Representations;Raam;Sraam;Symbol Processing
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
It has been claimed that connectionist methods of encoding compositional structures, as Pollack's recursive auto-associative memory (RAAM), support a non-classical form structure-sensitive operation known as 'holistic computation', where symbol structures be acted upon holistically without the need to decompose them, or to perform a search locate or access their constituents. In this paper, it is argued that the concept as described in the literature is vague and confused, and a revised definition of holistic computation proposed which aims to clarify the issues involved. It is also argued that holistic computation neither requires a highly distributed or holistic representation, nor is it unique to connectionist methods of representing compositional structure.
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