<s>
Analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
(	O
AM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
formal	O
theory	O
of	O
exemplar	O
based	O
analogical	O
reasoning	O
,	O
proposed	O
by	O
Royal	O
Skousen	O
,	O
professor	O
of	O
Linguistics	O
and	O
English	O
language	O
at	O
Brigham	O
Young	O
University	O
in	O
Provo	O
,	O
Utah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
is	O
related	O
to	O
connectionism	O
and	O
nearest	B-General_Concept
neighbor	I-General_Concept
approaches	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
data-based	O
rather	O
than	O
abstraction-based	O
;	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
distinguished	O
by	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
cope	O
with	O
imperfect	O
datasets	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
caused	O
by	O
simulated	O
short	O
term	O
memory	O
limits	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
base	O
predictions	O
on	O
all	O
relevant	O
segments	O
of	O
the	O
dataset	O
,	O
whether	O
near	O
or	O
far	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
exemplar-based	O
model	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
general-purpose	B-General_Concept
modeling	I-General_Concept
engine	O
and	O
a	O
problem-specific	O
dataset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
consider	O
this	O
situation	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
for	O
2	O
reasons	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
employed	O
in	O
experiments	O
ranging	O
from	O
phonology	O
and	O
morphology	O
(	O
linguistics	O
)	O
to	O
orthography	O
and	O
syntax	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
aims	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
model	O
free	O
from	O
rules	O
seen	O
as	O
contrived	O
by	O
linguists	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
current	O
form	O
it	O
still	O
requires	O
researchers	O
to	O
select	O
which	O
variables	O
to	O
take	O
into	O
consideration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
necessary	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
exponential	O
explosion	O
"	O
of	O
processing	O
power	O
requirements	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
software	O
used	O
to	O
implement	O
analogical	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
research	O
suggests	O
that	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
could	O
provide	O
the	O
solution	O
to	O
such	O
performance	O
bottlenecks	O
(	O
Skousen	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
