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A SURVEY OF CONNECTIONIST NETWORK REUSE THROUGH TRANSFER

by Lorien Pratt and Barbara Jennings

Connectionist networks that have learned one task can be reused on related tasks in a process that is called "transfer". This paper surveys recent work on transfer. A number of distinctions between kinds of transfer are identified, and future directions for research are explored. The study of transfer has a long history in cognitive science. Discoveries about transfer in human cognition can inform applied efforts. Advances in applications can also inform cognitive studies.