Seminar 2: The pros and cons of different modeling paradigms

Theme 1: 'Unified theories of cognition'

Newell, A. (1990). Unified theories of cognition (chapter 1: Introduction). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

McClelland, J. L. & Rumelhart, D. E. (1986). Parallel distributed processing: Explorations into the micro-structure of cognition. Volume 1: Foundations. (chapter 4: PDP models and general issues in cognitive science). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Theme 2: How to obtain model correctness and validity

Anderson, J. R. (1993). Rules of the mind (chapter 1: Production systems and the ACT-R theory). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum

Law, A. M. & Kelton, W. D. (1991). Simulation modeling and analysis. (chapter 5: Building valid and credible simulation models). New York: McGraw-Hill

Theme 3: Theory-based features vs ad hoc model properties ("hacks")

Kieras, D. E. (1985). The why, when, and how of cognitive simulation. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 17, 279-285.

Cooper, R., Fox, J., Farringdon, J., & Shallice, T. (1996). A systematic approach for cognitive modeling. Artificial Intelligence, 85, 3-44