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A formal theory of inductive inference. Part II

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Solomonoff, R. J.
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Solomonoff, R.J.
Venue
Information and Control
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1964-06
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
224-254
ISSN
0019-9958 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2135625884
Cited by
1,758
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 67 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 75 · 2014: 59 · 2013: 94 · 2012: 88
FWCI
1.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › semigroups and automata theory
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning and Algorithms
Keywords
inductive reasoning, universal Turing machine, phrase structure grammar, prediction accuracy

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