Why are NLP Models Fumbling at Elementary Math? A Survey of Deep Learning based Word Problem Solvers. (arXiv:2205.15683v1 [cs.CL])

From the latter half of the last decade, there has been a growing interest in
developing algorithms for automatically solving mathematical word problems
(MWP). It is a challenging and unique task that demands blending surface level
text pattern recognition with mathematical reasoning. In spite of extensive
research, we are still miles away from building robust representations of
elementary math word problems and effective solutions for the general task. In
this paper, we critically examine the various models that have been …

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