Mechanisms of knowledge transfer

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-36

  Nokes, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge representation; Learning; Problem solving; Theory unification; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549113797     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780802490186     Document Type: Article

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