This is a bibliography accreted over years for many reasons. It is not and never will be complete.

Paul Brna
Computing Department
Lancaster

Analogy and Categorisation

Adelson, B. (1989).
Evaluating and debugging analogically acquired models. In Lowry, M., McCartney, R. and Wertheimer, J., (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Automating Software Design, Detroit. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Bareiss, E.R. and Porter, B.W. (1987).
A survey of psychological models of concept representation. Technical Report AI-87-50, University of Texas at Austin.
Bareiss, E.R., Porter, B.W. and Weir, C. (1988).
PROTOS : An exemplar-based learning apprentice. Technical Report AI-87-53, University of Texas at Austin.
Bental, D. and Brna, P. (1995b).
Representational change in complex problem solving: a computational model of students learning about energy flow. To be submitted to the Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Bental, D. and Brna, P. (1995a).
Enabling abstractions: Key steps in building physics models. In Greer, J., (ed.), Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1995: Proceedings of AI-ED'95 - 7th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, pages 162-169. AACE, Charlottesville, VA.
Black, M. (1962).
Models and Metaphors. Cornell University Press, New York.
Black, D. (1987).
Can pupils use taught analogies for electric current? School Science Review, 69(247):249-254.
Brown, D.H. and Clement, J. (1989).
Overcoming misconceptions via analogical reasoning: Abstract transfer versus explanatory model construction. Instructional Science, 18(4):237-261.
Chi, M.T.H., Feltovich, P.J. and Glaser, R. (1981).
Categorization and representation of physics problems by experts and novices. Cognitive Science, 5:121-152.
Clement, J. (1988).
Observed methods for generating analogies in scientific problem solving. Cognitive Science, 12(4):563-586.
Cohen, B. and Murphy, G.L. (1984).
Models of concepts. Cognitive Science, 8(1):27-58.
Cohen, H.A. (1974).
The art of snaring dragons. AI Memo 338, MIT.
Enns, J.T. and Girgus, J.S. (1985).
Perceptual grouping and spatial distortion: A developmental study. Developmental Psychology, 21(2):241-246.
Falkenhainer, B. (1987).
Scientific theory formation through analogical inference. In Langley, P., (ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Machine Learning, pages 218-229. Morgan Kaufman.
Faries, J.M. and Reiser, B.J. (1988).
Access and use of previous solutions in a problem solving situation. In Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 433-439. Lawrence Erbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.
Faries, J.M. and Reiser, B.J. (1989).
BATbook: an online book and problem solving environment for the study of skill acquisition. Report 40, Princeton University.
Gaines, B.R. and Shaw, L.G. (1982).
Analysing analogy. In Trappl, R., Ricciardi, L. and Pask, G., (eds.), Progress in Cybernetics and Systems Research Vol. IX, pages 379-386. Hemisphere.
Gentner, D. and Gentner, D.R. (1983).
Flowing waters or teeming crowds: Mental models of electricity. In Gentner, D. and Stevens, A., (eds.), Mental Models. Lawrence Erlbaum Press.
Gentner, D. (1988).
Analogical inference and analogical access. In Prieditis, A., (ed.), Analogica, pages 63-88. Pitman, London.
Greiner, R. (1985).
Learning by Understanding Analogies. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University.
Halasz, F. and Moran, T.P. (1982).
Analogy considered harmful. Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems.
Hesse, M.B. (1966).
Models and Analogies in Science. University of Notre Dame Press.
Hickman, A.K. and Larkin, J. (1990).
Internal analogy: A model of transfer within problems. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 53-60, Hillsdale, New Jersey. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Holyoak, K.J. and Thagard, P.R. (1989).
Analogical mapping by constraint satisfaction. Cognitive Science, 13:295-355.
Johansson, I. (1989).
Ontological investigations: an enquiry into the categories of nature, man and society. Routledge, London.
Johsua, S. and Dupin, J-J. (1993).
Using ``Modelling Analogies'' to teach basic electricity: A critical analysis. In Proceedings of the NATO Workshop on Learning Electricity or Electronics with Advanced Educational Technology. Springer-Verlag.
Jones, A. (1982).
The role of metaphors in novices learning programming. In Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 152-154.
Jordan, D.S. and Shrager, J. (1991).
The role of physical properties in understanding the functionality of objects. In Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kass, H. (1971).
Structure in perceived relations among physics concepts. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 8:339-350.
Keane, M. and Brayshaw, M. (1988).
The incremental analogy machine: A computational model of analogy. Technical Report 33, Human Cognition Research Laboratory, Open University.
Keane, M., Kahney, M. and Brayshaw, M. (1989).
Simulating analogical mapping difficulties in recursion problems. In Cohn, A.G., (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. Morgan Kaufmann.
Levinson, P.J. and Carpenter, R.L. (1974).
An analysis of analogical reasoning in children. Child Dev., 45:857-861.
Miller, C.D.F. (1982a).
Analogy and mathematical reasoning -a survey. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh.
Murray, T., Schultz, K., Brown, D. and Clement, J. (1990).
An analogy-based computer tutor for remediating physics misconceptions. Interactive Learning Environments, 1(2):79-101.
Pope, P.N. (1985).
Analogy between Mechanics and Electricity. European Journal of Physics, 6(1):16-21.
Robertson, I. and Kahney, H. (1993a).
How do examples help solvers solve problems? an interpretation theory for text analysis. Technical Report 96, HCRL, The Open University.
Robertson, S.I. and Kahney, H. (1993b).
Is analogical problem solving always analogical?: The case for imitation. HCRL Technical Report 97, HCRL, The Open University.
Robertson, S.I. and Kahney, H. (1993c).
A principled scheme for analyzing the structure of experimental reports in psychology. HCRL Technical Report 95, HCRL, The Open University.
Schaeffer, G. (1979).
Concept formation in biology: The concept of `growth'. European Journal of Science Education, 1(1):87-101.
Schank, Collins and Hunter. (1986).
Transcending inductive catagory formation in learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9:639-686.
Schwartz, D.L. (1993).
The construction and analogical transfer of symbolic visualizations. Unpublished paper.
Spiro, R.J., Feltovich, P.J., Coulson, R.L. and Anderson, D.K. (1989).
Multiple analogies for complex concepts: Antidotes for analogy-induced misconception in advanced knowledge acquisition. In Vosniadou, S. and Ortony, A., (eds.), Similarity and Analogical Reasoning, chapter 18, pages 498-531. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Thagard, P., Gochfeld, D. and Hardy, S. (1992).
Visual analogical mapping. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Society.
VanLehn, K. and Brown, J.S. (1980).
Planning nets: A representation for formalizing analogies and semantic models of procedural skills. In Snow, R.E., Frederico, P.A. and Montague, W.E., (eds.), Aptitude Learning and Instruction: Cognitive Process Analysis. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale N.J.
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