Representing, Running, and Revising Mental Models: A Computational Model

A Computational Model Of Recognizing and Revising Inappropriate Advice1

Advice-giving is improved by understanding and responding to user feedback. Previous models of this task treat user responses as misunderstandings or misconceptions and focus on generating alternate or corrective explanations. By and large, however, these models do not consider the possibility that the system’s advice is inappropriate and may need revision during the course of an on-going dialo...

A Computational Model for Spatial Reasoning with Mental Models

We propose a computational model for spatial reasoning by means of mental models. Our SRM model (Spatial Reasoning by Models) maps spatial working memory to a twodimensional array and uses a spatial focus that places objects in the array, manipulates the position of objects, and inspects the array to find spatial relations that are not given in the premises. The SRM model results in a computati...

Mental Models 1 Running head: MENTAL MODELS Mental Models of Complex Systems: Structure and Function

Interacting with complex systems such as organizations and mechanical devices is an integral part of our lives. Learning them can be a challenge, although they can be described in language and depicted in diagrams. Medium, verbal or graphic, and ability/expertise have had conflicting effects on acquisition. Those effects are clarified by recognizing that complex systems have structural organiza...

Revising Engineering Models: Combining Computational Discovery with Knowledge

Mental Disorders, Computational Models Of

Psychiatric and neurological disorders are frequently accompanied by specific disturbances of perception, cognition, affect or motor control. In addition, these disorders have been associated with abnormalities of neuromodulation or neural connectivity, or loss of neurons. Computational models have been applied to simulate and predict human cognitive performance. More recently, computational mo...