The effects of operator implementation cost on planfulness of problem solving and learning.
Four experiments were conducted to examine the effects of operator implementation cost on planfulness of problem solving and learning. The idea that problem-solving search strategies are chosen in order to optimize performance within the constraints of a particular situation was examined, and the hy...
| Published in: | Cognitive Psychology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 34 - 71 |
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Academic Press Inc.
February 1998
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