Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/2129
Title: A computer model of chess memory
Authors: Gobet, F
Keywords: expertise;chess;chunking;CHREST;retrieval structure;computer modeling;memory;recall;game;random;mirror-image;multiple-board;perception;LTM
Issue Date: 1993
Publisher: Erlbaum
Citation: Gobet , F. (1993). A computer model of chess memory. Proceedings of 15th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, p. 463-468. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Abstract: Chess research provides rich data for testing computational models of human memory. This paper presents a model which shares several common concepts with an earlier attempt (Simon & Gilmartin, 1973), but features several new attributes: dynamic short-term memory, recursive chunking, more sophisticated perceptual mechanisms and use of a retrieval structure (Chase & Ericsson, 1982). Simulations of data from three experiments are presented: 1) differential recall of random and game positions; 2) recall of several boards presented in short succession; 3) recall of positions modified by mirror image reflection about various axes. The model fits the data reasonably well, although some empirical phenomena are not captured by it. At a theoretical level, the conceptualization of the internal representation and its relation with the retrieval structure needs further refinement.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/2129
Appears in Collections:Psychology
Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
cogsci-1993.pdf118.8 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.