Sökning: "scientific theory"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10444 avhandlingar innehållade orden scientific theory.
1. Game theory and applications
Sammanfattning : Individual-level interactions and decisions spread though populations and change the collective-level dynamics in an intricate way. Nevertheless, game theory is well suited for the unification of these viewpoints. LÄS MER
2. Bargaining theory
Sammanfattning : Can the outcome of bargaining between two rational parties be determined? Although much of the discussion in bargaining literature revolves around this question, no satisfactory answer has been found. A model based on simple assumptions of rational behavior is developed in an attempt to answer this question. LÄS MER
3. A Unificationist Theory of Scientific Explanation
Sammanfattning : What is the relation between scientific explanation and understanding? The thesis investigates a notion of understanding that is believed to be central to scientific explanation. The role of understanding in explanation is double: it is both an essential component, as well as a criterion, by which we select bona fide explanations from non-explanations. LÄS MER
4. Effective Distribution Theory
Sammanfattning : In this thesis we introduce and study a notion of effectivity (or computability) for test functions and for distributions. This is done using the theory of effective (Scott-Ershov) domains and effective domain representations. LÄS MER
5. Formation of scientific problems : towards a critical theory of scientific belief
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