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Assessing the Incremental Algorithm: A Response to Krahmer et al.
Author(s) -
Deemter Kees van,
Gatt Albert,
Sluis Ielka van der,
Power Richard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01259.x
Subject(s) - computer science , cognition , competitor analysis , algorithm , artificial intelligence , cognitive psychology , machine learning , natural language processing , psychology , cognitive science , management , neuroscience , economics
This response discusses the experiment reported in Krahmer et al.’s Letter to the Editor of Cognitive Science . We observe that their results do not tell us whether the Incremental Algorithm is better or worse than its competitors, and we speculate about implications for reference in complex domains, and for learning from ‘‘normal” (i.e., non‐semantically‐balanced) corpora.