The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the Interna tional Conference Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery (MBR'98), held at the Colle

There are several key ingredients common to the various forms of model-based reasoning considered in this book. The term ‘model’ comprises both internal and

Systematically presented to enhance the feasibility of fuzzy models, this book introduces the novel concept of a fuzzy network whose nodes are rule bases and th

This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important and innov

This handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of models as mediat