Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Magnani, Lorenzo (Editor), Bertolotti, Tommaso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Springer Handbooks
• Subjects: Engineering.; Philosophy and science.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematical logic.; Physics.; Computational intelligence.; Cognitive psychology.; Computational Intelligence.; Philosophy of Science.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Cognitive Psychology.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

The handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of models as mediators between theory and experimentation, and as educational devices, as well as their relevance in testing hypotheses and explanatory function...