Is your problem related to the multi-armed bandit problem? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit
(Sorry if someone has mentioned it---I didn't find it...) -NA ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Piaget Modeler via AGI" <[email protected]> >To: "AGI" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [agi] How many tries? >Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:11:52 -0700 > >How many solutions should we attempt before throwing in the towel? > >How many tries should you, a child, or an AGI give to an intention before get ting frustrated and giving up? >Given that one could choose to focus on an intention or ignore it, at what po int does failure on an intention turn the focus to avoidance, and ultimately a bandonment of the intention? >And yes I know it depends on what else is going on, so suppose context is hel d constant andwe were only focusing on one intention of many in our agenda (in tention set). >Kindly advise. >~PM ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
