Ernesto Arias / Gerhard Fischer Fall 97, Information
Society Course
Assignment 2
due: September 15th in class
Read chapter 3 in the book by Simon!
- Summarize (on half a page) what you consider the most important
issues discussed in the chapter
- Solve the puzzle
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Compare your solution to the example given in the article.
Find more parsings of the sentence
"I saw the man on the hill with the telescope!"
Read Chapter 4 in the book by Simon!
- Summarize (on half a page) what you consider the most important
issues discussed in the chapter!
- Do an analysis of a knowledge domain with which you are familiar
with (e.g., programming, using a high-functionality application
such as Word, Excel, etc. in analogy to the analysis of chess
given by Simon
- how many chunks do you have?
- enumerate these chunks and describe one or two!
- of what nature are these chunks?