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Scientific discovery as problem solving

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    Herbert A. Simon, Patrick W. Langley & Gary L. Bradshaw

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This research was supported by Grants SPI-7914852 and IST-7918266 from the National Science Foundation, Research Grant MH-07722 from the National Institute of Mental Health and Grant F33615-78-C-1551 from the Advance Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Government.

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Simon, H.A., Langley, P.W. & Bradshaw, G.L. Scientific discovery as problem solving. Synthese 47, 1–27 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064262

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