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71
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Overview

Pat Langley is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, focusing predominantly on artificial intelligence. Their academic output spans multiple subfields including artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, mechanical engineering, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their research addresses several main topics such as AI-based problem solving and planning, reinforcement learning in robotics, data stream mining techniques, optimization and search problems, constraint satisfaction and optimization, natural language processing techniques, and topic modeling.

Langley has published research in a variety of venues, with the majority appearing in the Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Other venues include AI Magazine, Spatial Cognition and Computation, arXiv (Cornell University), and Artificial Intelligence.

  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (5 publications)
  • AI Magazine (2 publications)
  • Spatial Cognition and Computation (1 publication)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (1 publication)
  • Artificial Intelligence (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators with Langley include Ljupčo Todorovski, Will Bridewell, Edward P. Katz, Christopher J. MacLellan, and Peter Matsakis.

Notable recent papers authored by Pat Langley include:

  • Open-World Learning for Radically Autonomous Agents, 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • The Computational Gauntlet of Human-Like Learning, 2022, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Discovering Constraints for Inductive Process Modeling, 2021, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Agents of Exploration and Discovery, 2022, AI Magazine
  • Agents of exploration and discovery, 2021, AI Magazine

Best Publications

  • Selection of relevant features and examples in machine learning

    Avrim L. Blum;Pat Langley

  • Estimating continuous distributions in Bayesian classifiers

    George H. John;Pat Langley

  • Scientific Discovery: Computational Explorations of the Creative Processes

    Pat Langley;Herbert A. Simon;Gary L. Bradshaw;Jan M. Zytkow

  • An analysis of Bayesian classifiers

    Pat Langley;and Wayne Iba;Kevin Thompson

  • Editorial: On Machine Learning

    Pat Langley

  • Induction of selective Bayesian classifiers

    Pat Langley;Stephanie Sage

  • Models of incremental concept formation

    John H. Gennari;Pat Langley;Doug Fisher

  • Cognitive architectures: Research issues and challenges

    Pat Langley;John E. Laird;Seth Rogers

  • Selection of Relevant Features in Machine Learning

    Pat Langley

  • Elements of Machine Learning

    Pat Langley

  • Models of incremental concept formation

    John H. Gennari;Pat Langley;Doug Fisher

  • Applications of machine learning and rule induction

    Pat Langley;Herbert A. Simon

  • Induction of One-Level Decision Trees

    Wayne Iba;Pat Langley

  • Scientific discovery

    Pat Langley;Herbert A. Simon;Gary L. Bradshaw;Jan M. Zytkow

  • Production System Models of Learning and Development

    David Klahr;Pat Langley;Robert Neches

  • Computational Models of Scientific Discovery and Theory Formation

    Jeff Shrager;Pat Langley

  • User modeling in adaptive interfaces

    Pat Langley

  • A personalized system for conversational recommendations

    Cynthia A. Thompson;Mehmet H. Göker;Pat Langley

  • Mining GPS Traces for Map Refinement

    Stefan Schroedl;Kiri Wagstaff;Seth Rogers;Pat Langley

  • Crafting Papers on Machine Learning

    Pat Langley

  • Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Machine Learning

    Pat Langley

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon Carnegie Mellon University
Jami J. Shah
Jami J. Shah The Ohio State University
John H. Gennari
John H. Gennari University of Washington
Derek Sleeman
Derek Sleeman University of Aberdeen
Sašo Džeroski
Sašo Džeroski Jožef Stefan Institute
Kevin R. Arrigo
Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University
Christopher Potter
Christopher Potter University of Cambridge
Ramakant Nevatia
Ramakant Nevatia University of Southern California
John E. Laird
John E. Laird University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Klahr
David Klahr Carnegie Mellon University

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