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Mitchell, Keller and Kedar-Cabelli: explanation-based generalization

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Symbolic reasoning, search and planning · ALGORITHM

Reference score75,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Formalized explanation-based generalization from a training example and a domain theory.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact three-author 1986 Machine Learning paper. It does not absorb earlier explanation-based systems, later EBL variants, inductive learning generally or performance beyond the paper's examples.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact three-author 1986 Machine Learning paper. It does not absorb earlier explanation-based systems, later EBL variants, inductive learning generally or performance beyond the paper's examples.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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