Abstract This paper proposes Empirical Modelling (EM) as a possible foundation for AI
research outside the logicist framework. EM offers principles for constructing physical …

The potential merits of empirical modelling (EM) as a new approach to generating software
for educational use are examined. Connections between EM and the learning process are …

I would like to start by giving thinks to Almighty Father for all the blessings he has given me
in my life. I want to return praise to him for free life he has given me with wonderful …

We relate the development of computer programs that play variants of noughts-and-crosses
to an analysis of the perception and action involved in human play. We outline the …

The accepted view of programming, rooted in Turing's fundamental characterization of
algorithms, has had a profound impact on the theory and practice of computing with yet …

This introductory chapter gives the reader an orientation for this thesis. Section 1.1 describes
the background to Empirical Modelling (EM). Section 1.2 describes the motivations and aims …

A new method of modelling, based on agents, observation and experiment, provides a
framework in which to represent behaviour that is immediately experienced rather than …

We propose a modelling process, based on observation and experiment, which is well-
suited to reactive systems, and which provides an integrated environment for the …

Creative software design, where there is no theory, no pre-computer precedent, no set of
requirements or even necessarily an objective, challenges all existing software development …

We regard a database as a computer model that enables us to simulate different modes of
interaction with a real-world system. We describe new agent-oriented modelling principles …