Induction: Processes of Inference

by John H. Holland, Paul Thagard, H Holland John, et al.

Book Overview

Two psychologists, a computer scientist, and a philosopher have collaborated to present a framework for understanding processes of inductive reasoning and learning in organisms and machines. Theirs is the first major effort to bring the ideas of several disciplines to bear on a subject that has been a topic of investigation since the time of Socrates. The result is an integrated account that treats problem solving and induction in terms of rule-based mental models. Induction is included in the Computational Models of Cognition and Perception Series . A Bradford Book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262580969
• ISBN13: 9780262580960
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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I wish I had read this book years ago. It help in my quest (research) to understand the Recognition process.

A must for knowledge workers!

This book should be 'the bible' for everyone involved in knowledge management processes. Holland, as one of the complexity theory founders, decribes the essentials of how complex adaptive rules, in relation to the variability of the environment, determine knowledge dynamics and learning capabilities.Key message of the book is the way that processes of induction, both cognitive and subcognitive, determine rule making, rule adaptation and environment modeling.With this work Holland (et al.) was the first to close the gap between cognition, complex adaptive systems and knowledge processing. He also provides a sound computational base for the theories presented, opening possibilities for implementation of 'the induction theory' in real world applications.