SCXT 350
Read-and-respond exercise
Due: Provided for archival purposes - the assignment
has already been returned. It was due Friday, Sept. 29.
Please read the article "Vision: A Computational
Investigation..." by David Marr (in the coursepack) with emphasis on
the material on representation and on the three levels of
explanation.
Write a short description of the paper, including your analysis of
the following questions:
- What are Marr's three levels of explanation?
- How would you apply this analysis to a simple information
processing device? (individuals in the class gave examples ranging
from a light switch to a telephone).
There are lots of other questions that could be asked (some of
which may appear on our exams), but this will get us started in
discussion Wednesday.