[Inquiry] Re: Introduction to Inquiry Driven Systems

[Jon Awbrey]

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INTRO.  Note 9

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1.5.  Inquiry Driven Systems

Taking as given the system-theoretic approach from now on,
I can focus and rephrase my question about the technical
enhancement of inquiry:

How can we put computational foundations
under the theoretical models of inquiry,
at least, the ones that we discover to
be accessible?

To ask the same question in greater detail:
What is the depth and the content of the
task analysis that is needed to relate
the higher order functions of inquiry
with the primitive elements that are
given in systems theory and software
engineering?

Connecting the requirements of a formal theory of inquiry
with the resources of mathematical systems theory has led
me to the concept of an "inquiry driven system" (IDS).

Jon Awbrey

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