On the Efficiency of Learning Machines
William A. Ainsworth · IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics · 1967
The efficiency of the learning process is investigated in terms of the efficiency of abstract learning machines. The measure of efficiency defined gives an estimate of the minimum period for a system to absorb a given quantity of information, makes possible a quantitative comparison of different learning systems, and establishes a quantity which designers of adaptive machines should attempt to maximize.