Hypothesizing Device Mechanisms: Opening Up the Black Box
I describe an approach to forming hypotheses about hidden mechanism configurations within devices given external observations and a vocabulary of primitive mechanisms. An implemented causal modelling system called JACK constructs explanations for why a second piece of toast comes out lighter,...
Main Author: | Doyle, Richard James |
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Language: | en_US |
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2004
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6839 |
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