It is widely acknowledged that design (and development) teams increasingly include
participants from different domains who must explore and integrate their specialized …

This article is based on a session given by the authors at the ACH/ALLC conference at the
University of Victoria in June 2005. It discusses the prospects for partnership between the …

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 …

Empirical Modelling is an approach to computer-based modelling that has been under
development at the University of Warwick for over ten years. It combines agent-oriented …

We regard conceptual design as a negotiation between what we believe and what we
observe. This process is not necessarily goal-directed, but establishes new connections …

This paper examines key issues relating to the potential and limitations of interactions in a
virtual world. It argues that these issues are inadequately addressed by traditional …

We propose a model for the concurrent engineering process based on an agent-oriented
approach. Our modelling approach captures the relationships between the attributes …

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 …

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 …