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Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers Theory and Research in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence
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Book Code: C6654
ISBN: 0-275-96654-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96654-6
216 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/2000
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...offers a superb overview of a number of scientific experiments related to the discovery processes in humans and computors.... This is a delightful and engaging book to read: the author has written in plain lay terms summarizing the concepts clearly without the distraction of mathematical rigor. The overview material provides a solid conceptual foundation for further artificial intelligence research. General readers.
    —Choice
Description: Wagman offers a critical analysis of current theory and research in the psychological and computational sciences, directed toward the elucidation of scientific discovery processes and structures. It discusses human scientific discovery processes, analyzes computer scientific discovery processes, and makes a comparative evaluation of the two. This work examines the scientific reasoning of the discoverers of the inhibition mechanism of gene control; scientific discovery heuristics used at different developmental levels; artificial intelligence and mathematical discovery; the ECHO system; the evolution of artificial intelligence discovery systems; the PAULI system; and the KEKADA system. It concludes with an examination of the extent to which computational discovery systems can emulate a set of 10 types of scientific problems.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Human Scientific Discovery Processes
  • Conceptual Discovery in Molecular Genetics
  • Scientific Discovery Heuristics and Developmental Level
  • Computer Scientific Discovery Processes
  • Mathematical Discovery
  • Explanatory Systems
  • The Evolution of Scientific Discovery Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence Discovery in Chemistry
  • Artificial Intelligence Discoveries in Particle Physics
  • Human and Computer Scientific Discovery Processes
  • General Processes of Scientific Discovery
  • Computational Simulation of Scientific Discovery Processes
  • Conclusions
  • Scientific Problem Types and Computational Discovery Systems
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes
LC Card Number: 99-32026
LCC Class: Q180
Dewey Class: 001
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