Visual Models in Analogical Problem Solving |
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Authors: | Jim Davies Nancy J. Nersessian Ashok K. Goel |
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Affiliation: | (1) College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 801 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0280, USA |
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Abstract: | Visual analogy is believed to be important in human problem solving. Yet, there are few computational models of visual analogy. In this paper, we present a preliminary computational model of visual analogy in problem solving. The model is instantiated in a computer program, called Galatea, which uses a language for representing and transferring visual information called Privlan. We describe how the computational model can account for a small slice of a cognitive-historical analysis of Maxwell’s reasoning about electromagnetism. |
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Keywords: | analogy cognitive modelling problem solving scientific discovery visual representations |
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