Analysis of Behavior of Chemical Molecules: Rule Formation on Non- Homogeneous Classes of Objects
Abstract
An information processing model of some important aspects of inductive reasoning is presented within the context of one scientific discipline. Given a collection of experimental (mass spectrometry) data from several chemical molecules the computer program described here separates the molecules into 'well-behaved' subclasses and selects from the space of all explanatory processes the 'characteristic' processes for each subclass. The definitions of 'well-behaved' and 'characteristic' embody several heuristics which are discussed. Some results of the program are discussed which have been useful to chemists and which lend credibility to this approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769380
Entities
People
- Bruce G. Buchanan
- N. S. Sridharan
Organizations
- Stanford University