Bayesian models as tools for exploring inductive biases

Generalization of Knowledge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 135-156

  Griffiths, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203848036     Document Type: Chapter

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