
Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers
Theory and Research in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence
Morton Wagman(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. May 2000
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-275-96654-6 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-96654-6 (9780275966546)
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Person
MORTON WAGMAN is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign./e
Content
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