Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers: Theory and Research in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275966546)

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.

Author: Morton Wagman
ISBN-10: 0275966542
ISBN-13: 9780275966546
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2000
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.41w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2000 pg. 14
Choice 12/01/2000 pg. 729