论文标题
关于新兴语言的系统研究建议
Recommendations for Systematic Research on Emergent Language
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论文摘要
紧急语言在机器学习的开放性方面的纪律中是独一无二的，显然没有提出明确定义的问题要解决的问题。结果，该领域的当前研究在很大程度上是探索性的：着重于建立新的问题，技术和现象。然而，在建立了这些问题之后，随后的进步需要研究，这可以衡量地证明其在先前的方法上如何改善。这种研究是我们所说的系统研究。在本文中，我们为新兴语言说明了这种研究方式。我们首先确定新兴语言研究的总体目标，将其归类为科学或工程。使用这种区别，我们提出了科学和工程学的核心方法论要素，分析它们在当前的新兴语言研究中的作用，并建议如何应用这些元素。
Emergent language is unique among fields within the discipline of machine learning for its open-endedness, not obviously presenting well-defined problems to be solved. As a result, the current research in the field has largely been exploratory: focusing on establishing new problems, techniques, and phenomena. Yet after these problems have been established, subsequent progress requires research which can measurably demonstrate how it improves on prior approaches. This type of research is what we call systematic research; in this paper, we illustrate this mode of research specifically for emergent language. We first identify the overarching goals of emergent language research, categorizing them as either science or engineering. Using this distinction, we present core methodological elements of science and engineering, analyze their role in current emergent language research, and recommend how to apply these elements.
