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Category Induction

Category Induction is a cognitive and computational process within categorization development that involves deriving generalizable properties or rules of a category from specific instances, distinguishing it from related categorization mechanisms by its focus on inductive inference to expand category knowledge beyond observed examples.

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2017–2026

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Publications

405

BoosTexter: A Boosting-based System for Text Categorization

Robert E. Schapire, Yoram Singer · Machine Learning · 2000 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Inductive learning algorithms and representations for text categorization

Susan Dumais, John Platt, David Heckerman et al. · 1998 · 1.5K citations

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Categories and induction in young children

Susan A. Gelman, Ellen M. Markman · Cognition · 1986 · 1.2K citations

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Categorization and naming in children: problems of induction

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Word learning as Bayesian inference.

Fei Xu, Joshua B. Tenenbaum · Psychological Review · 2007 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

647

  1. SA
    Susan A. Gelman

    University of Michigan, United States

    15 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. BH
    Brian H. Ross

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    14 publications · 638 citations

    13

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  3. GL
    Gregory L. Murphy

    New York University, United States

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. RM
    Robert M. Nosofsky

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    11 publications · 804 citations

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  5. WT
    W. Todd Maddox

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    11 publications · 777 citations

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Institutions

293

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    17 h-index

    39 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    16 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    5.1K citations

  5. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    414 citations

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  2. Child Development

    27 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    34 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    17 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

    22 publications · 1K citations

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