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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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