Nature 218, 19 - 22 (06 April 1968); doi:10.1038/218019a0

"Memo" Functions and Machine Learning

DONALD MICHIE

Experimental Programming Unit, Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh

It would be useful if computers could learn from experience and thus automatically improve the efficiency of their own programs during execution. A simple but effective rote-learning facility can be provided within the framework of a suitable programming language.

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