TABLE OF CONTENTS

© Antonio Sánchez Aguilar 1982

ABSTRACT

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. PARADIGMS AND CONTROVERSIES IN MACHINE LEARNING

III. MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING AUTOMATA

IV. THE HCLSA MODEL

V. THE HCLSA SIMULATION

VI. RESULTS

VII. CONCLUSIONS

APPENDICES

A. PROBABILITY PRELIMINARIES

B. STOCHASTIC AUTOMATA PRELIMINARIES

C. HIERARCHICAL LEARNING: A Simple Example

D. GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY