Qualitative Analysis: what's that?

Qualitative analysis is an area of AI research attempting to model the everyday, qualitative, non-numerical reasoning humans use to estimate (the range of) possible solutions to some real-world problems, especially in the case of inexact or incomplete data. The qualitative reasoning is also a necessary foundation of the quantitative knowledge engineers use in their understanding and construction of physical systems or structures.

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List of our publications related to this area, especially our "position paper":
- M. Kleiber, Z. Kulpa. Computer-assisted hybrid reasoning in simulation and analysis of physical systems.
  CAMES, 2(3): 165-186, 1995.
  [PostScript version is available (170KB, gzipped)]
Some general references:
- B. Kuipers. Qualitative Reasoning: Modeling and Simulation with Incomplete Knowledge. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994.
- A. Gatnar. Metody modelowania jakosciowego [Qualitative Modeling Methods, in Polish]. Akademicka Oficyna Wydawnicza PLJ, Warszawa 1994.
- D.S. Weld, J. de Kleer, eds., Readings in Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems. Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 1990.
Selected WWW links:
- The Qualitative Reasoning site at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
- The WWW pages of MONET - The European Network of Excellence in Model-Based & Qualitative Reasoning Systems at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
- Qualitative Reasoning Research Group at University of Texas at Austin
- Qualitative Reasoning Group at Northwestern University
- QR97: Eleventh International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning (Cortona, Italy, June 3-6, 1997)
Qualitative reasoning mailing list:
- <qphysics@aber.ac.uk>
  For further information see the list WWW page at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.

Qualitative Analysis: what's that?

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