The volume is based on papers presented at the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine held in China in 2006. The presentation

Systematically presented to enhance the feasibility of fuzzy models, this book introduces the novel concept of a fuzzy network whose nodes are rule bases and th

This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important and innov

There are several key ingredients common to the various forms of model-based reasoning considered in this book. The term ‘model’ comprises both internal and

The book shows how eastern and western perspectives and conceptions can be used to addresses recent topics laying at the crossroad between philosophy and cognit