Human and Machine Problem Solving by Kj Gilhooly

Human and Machine Problem Solving by Kj Gilhooly

Problem solving is a central topic for both cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence (AI). Psychology seeks to analyze naturally occur- ring problem solving into hypothetical processes, while AI seeks to synthesize problem-solving performance from well-defined processes. Psychology may suggest possible processes to AI and, in turn, AI may suggest plausible hypotheses to psychology. It should be useful for both sides to have some idea of the other's contribution-hence this book, which brings together overviews of psychological and AI re- search in major areas of problem solving. At a more general level, this book is intended to be a contribution toward comparative cognitive science. Cognitive science is the study of intelligent systems, whether natural or artificial, and treats both organ- isms and computers as types of information-processing systems. Clearly, humans and typical current computers have rather different functional or cognitive architectures. Thus, insights into the role of cognitive ar- chitecture in performance may be gained by comparing typical human problem solving with efficient machine problem solving over a range of tasks. Readers may notice that there is little mention of connectionist ap- proaches in this volume. This is because, at the time of writing, such approaches have had little or no impact on research at the problem- solving level. Should a similar volume be produced in ten years or so, of course, a very different story may need to be told.

Gilhooly, K. J.: - Dr. Gilhooly is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. He has published extensively in the psychology of human thinking, and has held numerous research grants in that area. His current research interests focus on the role of working memory in reasoning, planning and creative thinking; and cognitive processes in medical problem solving.

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ISBN 13	9781468480177
ISBN 10	1468480170
Title	Human and Machine Problem Solving
Author	Kj Gilhooly
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2012-04-24
Number of pages	400
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