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Learn a pattern from near misses: excluded cases that differ from members by one stated feature
Definition
Mechanism
To learn or teach a pattern, collect near misses, cases that resemble members but are deliberately excluded, and for each state the feature that excludes it. The pattern's definition, formed as in Generalize, names the features the near misses lack as well as what members share.
Invariants
- Each near miss states the feature that excludes it.
- The definition names the features learned from the near misses.
Risks
Failure modes
Far misses
excluded cases differ in many features, so none is learned.
Feature leak
a near miss is excluded for a feature the definition never names.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Inductive pattern extraction
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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