Problem-Solving Processes in Humans and Computers

Morton Wagman

ISBN 10: 0275970876 / ISBN 13: 9780275970871

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US, 2001

Beschreibung

Wagman gives a broad, structured, and detailed account of advancing intellectual developments in both psychological and computational theories of the nature of problem- solving. Known for originating the PLATO computer-based Dilemma Counseling System, psychologist Wagman is the author of 17 books, including Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers (Praeger, 2000).In this book, Professor Emeritus Morton Wagman gives a broad, structured, and detailed account of advancing intellectual developments in both psychological and computational theories of the nature of problem solving. Known for originating the PLATO computer-based Dilemma Counseling System, psychologist Wagman is the author of 17 books, including Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers, (Praeger, 2000)Of special interest to readers will be Wagman's conclusion that artificial intelligence problem-solving systems are deepening and broadening theories of human problem solving from scientific to everyday approaches. Scholars and professionals in psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science will consider this a volume a valuable addition to their collections.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Problem-Solving Processes in Humans and Computers
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0275970876
• ISBN-13: 9780275970871
• Einband: Hardback
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Wagman gives a broad, structured, and detailed account of advancing intellectual developments in both psychological and computational theories of the nature of problem- solving. Known for originating the PLATO computer-based Dilemma Counseling System, psychologist Wagman is the author of 17 books, including Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers (Praeger, 2000).

In this book, Professor Emeritus Morton Wagman gives a broad, structured, and detailed account of advancing intellectual developments in both psychological and computational theories of the nature of problem solving. Known for originating the PLATO computer-based Dilemma Counseling System, psychologist Wagman is the author of 17 books, including Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers, (Praeger, 2000)

Of special interest to readers will be Wagman's conclusion that artificial intelligence problem-solving systems are deepening and broadening theories of human problem solving from scientific to everyday approaches. Scholars and professionals in psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science will consider this a volume a valuable addition to their collections.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MORTON WAGMAN is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The author of 17 books, his most recent works include Historical Dictionary of Quotations in Cognitive Science, (Greenwood, 2000) and Scientific Discovery Processes in Humans and Computers (Praeger, 2000).