Sciweavers

198 search results - page 1 / 40
» The modular structure of physical theories
Sort
View
SYNTHESE
2008
90views more  SYNTHESE 2008»
13 years 4 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
13 years 11 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 6 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 4 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 3 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