A SURVEY OF CONNECTIONIST NETWORK REUSE THROUGH TRANSFER
by Lorien Pratt and Barbara Jennings
Connectionist networks that have learned one task can be reused on
related tasks in a process that is called "transfer". This paper
surveys recent work on transfer. A number of distinctions between
kinds of transfer are identified, and future directions for research
are explored. The study of transfer has a long history in cognitive
science. Discoveries about transfer in human cognition can inform
applied efforts. Advances in applications can also inform cognitive
studies.