Discovering the Wave Theory of Sound: Inductive Inference in the Context of Problem Solving
Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Learning and Acquisition. Pages 610-611.
Abstract
This paper describes a program which simulates the discovery of the wave theory of sound, using several kinds of inductive inference that are triggered in the context of problem solving. The most novel of these is conceptual combination, which produces new concepts by combining existing concepts, represented as frame-like clusters of production rules. Combined concepts are not a linear amalgam of existing ones, since the conflicting expectations of the rules in the donor concepts must be resolved by a set of top-down and bottom-up procedures. The theoretical concept of a sound wave is produced by conceptual combination. The rule that sound consists of waves is produced by applications of other kinds of inductive inference: generalization and abduction.
@inproceedings{ijcai1985p117,
title = {Discovering the Wave Theory of Sound: Inductive Inference in the Context of Problem Solving},
author = {Thagard, Paul and Holyoak, Keith J.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-85}},
publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence},
editor = {Aravind Joshi},
pages = {610--611},
year = {1985},
note = {Learning and Acquisition},
url = {https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/117},
}
TY - CPAPER TI - Discovering the Wave Theory of Sound: Inductive Inference in the Context of Problem Solving AU - Thagard, Paul AU - Holyoak, Keith J. T2 - Proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-85 PB - International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence PY - 1985 SP - 610 EP - 611 UR - https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1985/117 ER -Copied
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