Sciweavers

198 search results - page 1 / 40
» The modular structure of physical theories
Sort
View
SYNTHESE
2008
90views more  SYNTHESE 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
The modular structure of physical theories
Anyadvancedtheoryofphysicscontainsmodulesdefinedasessentialcomponents that are themselves theories with different domains of application. Different kinds of modules can be distingu...
Olivier Darrigol
FROCOS
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Hierarchical and Modular Reasoning in Complex Theories: The Case of Local Theory Extensions
Abstract. We present an overview of results on hierarchical and modular reasoning in complex theories. We show that for a special type of extensions of a base theory, which we call...
Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans
WICSA
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Analyzing the Evolution of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory: Two Exploratory
Software modularization activities remain without the guidance of formal theories and models. According to Baldwin and Clark's [1] design rule theory (DRT) , modular architec...
Matthew J. LaMantia, Yuanfang Cai, Alan MacCormack...
CORR
2004
Springer
107views Education» more  CORR 2004»
13 years 8 months ago
Information Theory - The Bridge Connecting Bounded Rational Game Theory and Statistical Physics
A long-running difficulty with conventional game theory has been how to modify it to accommodate the bounded rationality of all real-world players. A recurring issue in statistica...
David Wolpert
TASLP
2010
102views more  TASLP 2010»
13 years 7 months ago
A Modular Physically Based Approach to the Sound Synthesis of Membrane Percussion Instruments
—This paper presents a set of novel physical models for sound synthesis of membrane percussion instruments. First, a model for tension modulation in a struck circular membrane is...
Federico Avanzini, Riccardo Marogna