Extending the participatory learning paradigm to include source credibility

Author: Yager, Ronald

Source: Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, Volume 6, Number 2, June 2007 , pp. 85-97(13)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

We provide an overview of the participatory learning paradigm (PLP) and discuss the importance of the acceptance function in determining which observations are used for learning. We introduce a formal model that uses this (PLP) We then extend this model in two directions. First, we consider situations in which we have incomplete observations, we only have observations about a subset of the variables of interest. Next we extend this model to allow for the inclusion in the learning process of information about the learning agents belief about the credibility of the source of the learning experience. Here we distinguish between the content of a learning experience and the source of the experience. We provide a means to allow the learning agents belief about the credibility of the source to determine the effect of the content. Furthermore we suggest a method to allow the modification of agents belief about the credibility of the source to also be part of the learning process.

Keywords: Learning; Critic; Data mining; Agent modeling; Types of observations; Terrorist modeling

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10700-007-9007-9

Affiliations: 1: Email: yager@panix.com

Publication date: 2007-06-01