An Anthropomorphic Method for Number Sequence Problems
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

Number sequence problems appear frequently in IQ tests, where the task is to extrapolate finite sequences of integers. This paper presents a computational method for solving number sequence problems appearing in IQ tests. The assumption that these problems are solvable by humans is actively exploited to keep the computational complexity manageable. The method combines elements of artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology and is referred to as anthropomorphic because it makes use of a model of human reasoning. This model features a set of cognitive resources, a repertoire of patterns that encode integer sequences, and a notion of bounded computation for decoding patterns. The model facilitates the search for patterns matching a given integer sequence by quickly discarding many patterns on the grounds that they are too demanding to decode. The computational method was implemented as a computer program called Asolver and then tested against the programs Mathematica and Maple. On the number sequence problems of the IQ test PJP, Asolver scored above IQ 140, whereas the other programs scored below IQ 100.

Anthropomorphism

Inductive reasoning

Number sequence problems

Cognitive modeling

Författare

Claes Strannegård

Chalmers, Tillämpad informationsteknologi, Kognition och kommunikation

Göteborgs universitet

Mehrdad Amirghasemi

University of Wollongong

Simon Ulfsbäcker

Chalmers, Tillämpad informationsteknologi

Cognitive Systems Research

13890417 (eISSN)

Vol. 22-23 27-34

Ämneskategorier

Filosofi

DOI

10.1016/j.cogsys.2012.05.003

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