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Rock, Paper, Scissors What Can I Use in Place of a Hammer?

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Humans have become extremely sophisticated in their use of tools compare to their animal counterparts. It is not just the dexterity but also the diversity in tool use that makes humans alpha-males of tool-use. Consider the following typical scenarios.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, Institute of Knowledge and Language Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Madhura Thosar

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  3. Free University Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

    Rafael Peñaloza

  4. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Sebastian Rudolph

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Thosar, M. (2015). Rock, Paper, Scissors What Can I Use in Place of a Hammer?. In: Hölldobler, S., , Peñaloza, R., Rudolph, S. (eds) KI 2015: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. KI 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9324. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24489-1_33

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