?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information+Theory+and+Representation+in+Associative+Word+Learning&rft.creator=Burns%2C+Brendan&rft.creator=Sutton%2C+Charles&rft.creator=Morrison%2C+Clayton&rft.creator=Cohen%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=A+significant+portion+of+early+language+learning%0Acan+be+viewed+as+an+associative+learning%0Aproblem.+We+investigate+the+use+of+associative%0Alanguage+learning+based+on+the+principle+that%0Awords+convey+Shannon+information+about+the%0Aenvironment.+We+discuss+the+shortcomings%0Ain+representation+used+by+previous+associative%0Aword+learners+and+propose+a+functional+representation%0Athat+not+only+denotes+environmental%0Acategories%2C+but+serves+as+the+basis+for+activities%0Aand+interaction+with+the+environment.%0AWe+present+experimental+results+with+an+autonomous%0Aagent+acquiring+language.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Bullock%2C+Daniel&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3331%2F1%2FBurns.pdf&rft.identifier=++Burns%2C+Brendan+and+Sutton%2C+Charles+and+Morrison%2C+Clayton+and+Cohen%2C+Paul++(2003)+Information+Theory+and+Representation+in+Associative+Word+Learning.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3331%2F