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Evaluating modeling techniques based on models of learning

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To compare modeling techniques, combine grammar-based and cognitive-based approaches and test domain understanding.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 10
            Service-oriented computing
            October 2003
            106 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/944217
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