Learning from physical analogies: A study in analogy and the explanation process

To make programs that understand and interact with the world as well as people do, we must duplicate the kind of flexibility people exhibit when conjecturing plausible explanations of the diverse physical phenomena they encounter. This process often involves drawing upon physical analogies--viewing the situation and its behavior as similar to familiar phenomena, conjecturing that they share analogous underlying causes, and using the plausible interpretation as a foothold to further understanding, analysis, and hypothesis refinement.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Falkenhainer, Brian Carl

Contributors dc:contributor

• Forbus, Kenneth D.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Falkenhainer, Brian Carl

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8916244
(UMI)AAI8916244

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21636