Discovery of first-principle equations based on scale-type-based and data-driven reasoning

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 403-411

  Washio, Takashi ^a   Motoda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

First principle; Invariance; Knowledge discovery; Scale type; Scientific discovery

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC;

DATA DRIVEN REASONING; FIRST PRINCIPLE EQUATIONS; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0032071901     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-7051(98)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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