Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 57 No. 6, 1984.
Review article
The Hierarchy of Models in Chemistry
Carl Trindle
; Chemistry Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA
Abstract
Chemists make sense of the world with the aid of a variety
of models, which may be pictorial, verbal, or mathematical. We
develop criteria for useful models and describe in general terms
several prevalent models widely used in chemistry. These include
the structural formula ; classical and staitistical thermodynamics;
and a variety of bonding models. Finally, we describe the possibilities
and potential advantages of encoding the chemist's essentially
non - numerical conceptual models of bonding as computer
programs according to the methods of Artificial Intelligence research.
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Hrčak ID:
194017
URI
Publication date:
21.5.1985.
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