?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Microworlds+based+on+linear+equation+systems%3A+A+new+approach+to+complex+problem+solving+and+experimental+results&rft.creator=Funke%2C+Joachim&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+method+of+computer-simulated+scenarios+has+recently+been+introduced+to+study+how+people+solve+complex+problems.+This+paper+describes+a+special+approach+to+constructing+such+microworlds+by+means+of+linear+structural+equation+systems.+Subjects'+task+in+the+experimental+situation+is+to+first+identify+in+a+knowledge+acquisition+phase+the+causal+structure+of+an+hitherto+unknown+system.+In+a+later+knowledge+application+phase+they+have+to+control+this+system+with+respect+to+a+given+goal+state.+Knowledge+that+was+acquired+on+the+task+is+assessed+both+by+means+of+causal+diagrams+-+a+method+developed+within+this+project+and+proven+to+be+very+useful+-+as+well+as+by+the+degree+of+successful+control+performance.+Three+experiments+on+special+attributes+of+such+systems+(active+interventions+versus+observations+only%2C+effects+of+different+degrees+of+Eigendynamik%2C+the+influence+of+different+degrees+of+side+effects)+illustrate+the+approach.+The+menioned+factors+have+considerable+influence+on+identification+and+control+of+the+system+SINUS.+The+conclusion+deals+with+the+advantages+of+an+experimental+approach+in+this+area.&rft.publisher=Elsevier+Science+Publishers&rft.contributor=Strube%2C+G.&rft.contributor=Wender%2C+K.F.&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1679%2F2%2FFunke_1993_micro.pdf&rft.identifier=++Funke%2C+Joachim++(1993)+Microworlds+based+on+linear+equation+systems%3A+A+new+approach+to+complex+problem+solving+and+experimental+results.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1679%2F