Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers

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Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers Theory and Research in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence

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Morton Wagman

Book Code: C6654

ISBN: 0-275-96654-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96654-6

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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

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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.
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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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