Generating Predictions to Aid the Scientific Discovery Process.
Abstract
NGLAUBER is a system which models the scientific discovery of qualitative empirical laws. As such, it falls into the category of scientific discovery systems. However, the program can also be viewed as a conceptual clustering system since it forms classes of objects and characterizes these classes. NGLAUBER differs from existing scientific discovery and conceptual clustering systems in a number of ways: It uses an incremental method to group objects into classes these classes are formed based on the relationships between objects rather than just the attributes of objects; the system describes the relationships between classes rather than simply describing the classes; and most importantly, NGLAUBER proposes experiments by predicting future data. The experiments help the system guide itself through the search for regularities in the data. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 15, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA170883
Entities
People
- Randy Jones
Organizations
- University of California, Irvine