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Publications:
Simon, H. A., & Kotovsky, K.; Human Acquisition of Concepts for Sequential
Patterns: Psychological Review, 1963, 70, 534-546.  Reprinted in: Simon, H.A.;
Models of Thought, New Haven: Yale  University Press, 1979.
Kotovsky, K., & Bliss, J. C.; Tactile Presentation of Visual Informatiion; Institute
of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, Transactions in Military Electronics, 1963,
MIL-7, 108-113.
Kotovsky, K., & Simon, H. A.; Empirical Tests of a Theory of Human Acquisition
of Concepts for Sequential Patterns;  Cognitive Psychology, 1973, 4, 399-424.
Reprinted in: Simon, H.A.; Models of Thought,, New Haven: Yale  University
Press, 1979.
Kotovsky, K., Hayes, J. R., & Simon, H. A.; Why Are Some Problems Hard?
Evidence From Tower of Hanoi;  Cognitive Psychology, 1985, 17, 248-294.
Reprinted in: Simon, H.A.; Models of Thought, Volume Two], New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1989.
Siegler, R., & Kotovsky, K.; Two Levels of Giftedness: Shall Ever the Twain Meet?
in R. Sternberg & J. Davidson (Eds). Conceptions of Giftedness, New York, N.Y.:
Cambridge University Press, 1986.  Reprinted in: Albert, R. S. (Ed). Genius and
Eminence: the Social  Psychology of  Creativity and Exceptional Achievement,
2nd ed.] Oxford, U.K.: Pergamon Press, 1992.
Kotovsky, K.; Consciousness Raising About Consciousness; a review of Cognitive
Psychology: An Essay in Cognitive Science, by George Mandler, Contemporary
Psychology, 1986, 31,  579-580.
Kotovsky, K., & Fallside, D. F.; Representation and Transfer in Problem Solving;
in D. Klahr & K. Kotovsky (Eds). Complex Information Processing; The Impact of
Herbert A. Simon,  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1989.
Kotovsky, K., & Simon, H. A.; Why Are Some Problems Really Hard: Explorations
in the Problem Space of Difficulty; Cognitive Psychology,  22, 143-183, 1990.
Kotovsky, K. Problem Solving; in Squire, L. (Ed).  Encyclopedia of Learning and
Memory, New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992.
Kotovsky, K.; Herbert A. Simon (Biography); Sternberg, R. (Ed.)  Enclycopaedia of
Intelligence, New York,  MacMillan Publishing Company, 1994.
Ishida, Y. & Kotovsky, K.; Symmetry Analysis on Symmetry Cognition on
Multi-Level Figures; Computers & Mathematics with Applications. Vol. 30, No. 7,
pp 93-102, 1995. Pergamon.
Cagan, J., and Kotovsky, K,;  Simulated Annealing and the Generation of the
Objective Function: A Model of Learning During Problem Solving.  Computational
Intelligence, 13:4, pp534-581, 1997.
Reber, P., and Kotovsky, K.; Implicit Learning in Problem Solving; The Role of
Working Memory Capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology, General, 126:2,
pp178-203, 1997.
Campbell, M., J. Cagan, and K. Kotovsky, A-Design: Theory and Implementation
of an Adaptive, Agent-Based Method of Conceptual Design, in: Artificial
Intelligence in Design Î98, (J. S. Gero and F. Sudweeks, eds), Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998, pp. 579-598.
Campbell, M., J. Cagan, and K. Kotovsky, A-Design: An Agent-Based Approach
to Conceptual Design in a Dynamic Environment, Research in Engineering Design,
11:3, 172-192, 1999.
Campbell, M., J. Cagan, and K. Kotovsky, Agent-Based Synthesis of
Electro-Mechanical Design Configurations, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design,
122:1, pp 61-69, 2000.
Cagan, J., Kotovsky, K., Simon, H. A., Scientific Discovery and Inventive
Engineering Design: Cognitive and Computational Similarities. Formal Engineering
Design Synthesis, Antonsin, E. and Cagan, J. eds. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, pp442-465, 2001.
Klahr, D. & Kotovsky, K., A life of the mind: Remembering Herb Simon. APS
Observer 14, no. 4:  2001.
Cronin, M. A., Argote, L., & Kotovsky, K.  Specialization and Coordination of
Cognition in Group Problem Solving (under review, Journal of Applied Psychology)
Kotovsky, K.  " Problem-solving, Large/Small, Hard/Easy, Conscious/Non-
conscious Problem-space/Problem-solver,: The Issue of Dichotomization.
In J. Davidson & R. Sternberg (Eds.), The Psychology of Problem Solving,
Cambridge University Press. 2003.
Campbell, M., Cagan, J., and Kotovsky, K. The A-Design Approach to Managing
Automated Design Synthesis,  Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 14, 1. pp,
12-24, 2003.
Moss, J., Cagan, J., & Kotovsky, K. Learning from Design Experience in an
Agent-Based Design System. Research in Engineering Design, 2004.
Moss, J., Kotovsky, K. & Cagan, The Role of Functionality in the Mental
Representations of Engineering Students: Some Differnces in the Early Stages
of Expertise. Cognitive Science, 30, 65-93
Moss, J., Kotovsky, K., & Cagan, J. The Influence of Open Goals in Acquiring
Problem Relevant Information (under review). 
Olson, J., Cagan, J. & Kotovsky, K.,  Simulating Collaborative Dynamics in the
Design of Complex Engineering Systems. under review,  Management Science.

Edited Books
Klahr, D., & Kotovsky, K. (Eds.); Complex Information Processing: The Impact
of Herbert A. Simon, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1989.
Fischhoff, B., Kotovsky, K., Tuma, H., & Bielak, J (Eds.), A Two State Solution in
the Middle East: Prospects and Possibilities.   Pittsburgh, PA CMU Press (1993).

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