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ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY:
A Study with CER in High-Temperature Superconductivity

Sakir Kocabas

Dept. of Space Engineering, Istanbul Technical University,
Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

In this paper we describe a program, CER, which models some of the research activities carried out in the process of the discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 and 1987. These activities include goal and strategy choosing, literature searches, proposing experiments, expectation setting, designing and conducting experiments, data collection, generating and testing hypotheses, modifying hypotheses, and generating explanations.

CER’s design includes many of the elements of scientific research and discovery and provides a step toward a complete computational model. The system has 17 discovery operators which use over 150 methodological rules many of which are general and applicable to other domains of physics and chemistry.

Keywords: Scientific discovery, autonomous operators, methodological rules, consistency, completeness, hypothesis generation, scientific explanation.

ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY:
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A Study with CER in High-Temperature Superconductivity
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Sakir Kocabas
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Dept. of Space Engineering, Istanbul Technical University,
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Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Abstract
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In this paper we describe a program, CER, which models some of the research activities carried out in the process of the discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 and 1987. These activities include goal and strategy choosing, literature searches, proposing experiments, expectation setting, designing and conducting experiments, data collection, generating and testing hypotheses, modifying hypotheses, and generating explanations.
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