Observation of Phase Transitions in Spreading Activation Networks
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- 29 May 1987
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 236 (4805) , 1092-1094
Abstract
Phase transitions, similar to those seen in physical systems, are observed in spreading activation networks. Such networks are used both in theories of cognition and in artificial intelligence applications. This result confirms a predicted abrupt behavioral change as either the topology of the network or the activation parameters are varied across phase boundaries.Keywords
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