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AbstractThe first installment of studies which will survey the thinking of ancient and contemporary philosophers for ideas on how to design the modern inquiring system is dedicated to René Descartes, in the year in which we are celebrating the 350th anniversary of the publication of his famous Discours de la Méthode.We begin our incursion into the design of inquiring systems by recalling that it is C. West Churchman who initiated this dialogue. We owe our inspiration to his pioneering work, The Design of Inquiring Systems [1]. In this book he sets the stage for our own study which consists of exploring the work of the great philosophers for clues on how to design the modern inquiring system. In his pioneering book, Churchman discussed the ideas of five philosophers, namely: Liebniz, Locke, Kant, Hegel and Singer. He proposed to incorporate the outstanding ideas of these thinkers in the design of modern inquiring systems. First, we will review the meaning of 'inquiring system' and will proceed, in future installments, to extend Churchman's work to other noteworthy philosophers and thinkers

AbstractThis paper provides an overview of the Computer‐Assisted Search Planning (CASP) system developed for the United States Coast Guard. The CASP information processing methodology is based upon Monte Carlo simulation to obtain an initial probability distribution for target location and to update this distribution to account for drift due to currents and winds. A multiple scenario approach is employed to generate the initial probability distribution. Bayesian updating is used to reflect negative information obtained from unsuccessful search. The principal output of the CASP system is a sequence of probability "maps" which display the current target location probability distributions throughout the time period of interest. CASP also provides guidance for allocating search effort based upon optimal search theory.

"For the Atomic Energy Commission under U.S. government contract No. W7405 eng 26."--Cover. ; "Date of issue: January 13, 1965 ; Report Number: K-1623 ; Subject category: General, Administrative, and Progress Reports ; TID-4500 (35th Ed.)." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 29). ; Mode of access: Internet.