We commonly refer to state estimation theory in geosciences as data assimilation (DA). This
term encompasses the entire sequence of operations that, starting from the observations of a …

NEARLY EVERYONE would see the truth as between Hamlet and Puck. Including Hamlet
and Puck. Hamlet is feigning madness, and Puck is just being, well, puckish. Model-writing …

To describe the underlying processes involved in oceanic plankton dynamics is crucial for
the determination of energy and mass flux through an ecosystem and for the estimation of …

My initial tasks in this paper are, first, to delimit the boundaries of artificial intelligence, then,
to justify calling it a science: is AI science, or is it engineering, or some combination of …

We suggest that AI can help decision‐makers learn; specifically, that it can help them learn
strategic interactions by serving as artificial training partners and thus help them to …

Several million people currently have accounts in massively multi-player online games,
places in cyberspace that are effectively large-scale shared virtual reality environments. The …

Since the mid 1960s, researchers in computer science have famously referred to chess as
the 'drosophila'of artificial intelligence (AI). What they seem to mean by this is that chess, like …

The concept of rationality differs between psychology, philosophy, economics and biology.
For psychologists and philosophers, the emphasis is on the process by which decisions are …

Detecting where and when a contaminant entered an aquifer from observations
downgradient of the source is a difficult task; this identification becomes more challenging …

Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While
these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously …