@article {309582,
	title = {A model for analogical reasoning},
	journal = {Cognitive Psychology},
	volume = {5},
	year = {1973},
	pages = {1-28},
	chapter = {1},
	abstract = {<p>A theory of analogical reasoning is proposed in which the elements of a set of concepts, e.g., animals, are represented as points in a multidimensional Euclidean space. Four elements A,B,C,D, are in an analogical relationship A:B::C:D if the vector distance from A to B is the same as that from C to D. Given three elements A,B,C, an ideal solution point I for A:B::C:? exists. In a problem A:B::C:D1, {\textellipsis}, Di, {\textellipsis}, Dn, the probability of choosing Di as the best solution is a monotonic decreasing function of the absolute distance of Di from I. A stronger decision rule incorporating a negative exponential function in Luce{\textquoteright}s choice rule is also proposed. Both the strong and weak versions of the theory were supported in two experiments where Ss rank-ordered the alternatives in problems A:B::C:D1,D2, D3D4. In a third experiment the theory was applied and further tested in teaching new concepts by analogy.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1016/0010-0285(73)90023-6},
	author = {Rumelhart, D. and Abrahamson, A.}
}
