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The research described herein has been supported by funding from the Lockheed AI Center and the California MICRO Program. The author would also like to thank Benjamin Grosof, John Pollock, Devika Subramanian, Thomas Dietterich and Steven Muggleton for their valuable comments and suggestions.
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Russell, S. Inductive learning by machines. Philosophical Studies 64, 37–64 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00356089
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