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...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Issues in Models
• Theoretical and Cognitive Issues in Abduction and Scientific Inference
• The Logic of Hypothetical Reasoning, Abduction, and Models
• Model-Based Reasoning in Science and History of Science
• Models in Mathematics
• Model-Based Reasoning in Cognitive Science
• Modeling and Computational Issues
• Models in Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences
• Models in Engineering, Architecture, and Economical and Human Sciences. .