Intelligence agencies may use heuristics, inductive and deductive reasoning, social network analysis, dynamic network analysis, link analysis, and brainstorming to sort through problems they face.

Bacon's philosophy of using an inductive approach to nature — to abandon assumption and to attempt to simply observe with an open mind — was in strict contrast with the earlier, Aristotelian approach of deduction, by which analysis of known facts produced further understanding.

This contrasts with failure mode and effects analysis ( FMEA ), which is an inductive, bottom-up analysis method aimed at analyzing the effects of single component or function failures on equipment or subysystems.

Elliott and Miller suggest that this tendency stayed with him his entire life, and that he " never really acquired an appreciation for inductive intellectual analysis ".

This work subjected the forms of Latin grammar and the rules of Latin style and rhetoric to a critical examination, and placed the practice of composition upon a foundation of analysis and inductive reasoning.

* Buchholz, Wilfried ; Feferman, Solomon ; Pohlers, Wolfram ; Sieg, Wilfried ( 1981 ) Iterated inductive definitions and subsystems of analysis: recent proof-theoretical studies.

After transcription, the researchers perform inductive data-driven analysis aiming to find recurring patterns of interaction.

. that a meditative tradition consisting of analysis based on observation — inductive reasoning within meditation — was not transmitted to Tibet ; what Gelukpa writers call analytical meditation is syllogistic reasoning within meditation.

Ester Boserup argues in her book The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure ( 1965 ) from inductive, empirical case analysis that Malthus's more deductive conception of a presumed one-to-one relationship with agricultural scale and population is actually reversed.

This analysis extends Ernst Mach's pragmatic inductive position in physics, and extends even further a disinclination towards hypothesis-making and testing.

A failure modes and effects analysis ( FMEA ) is an inductive failure analysis used in product development, systems engineering, reliability engineering and operations management for analysis of failure modes within a system for classification by the severity and likelihood of the failures.

For phasor analysis the magnetic inductive reactance is:

This school revered the inductive process and called for the merging of historical fact with those of the present period.

" Sir Francis Bacon was critical in the historical development of the scientific method ; his works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry.

Cliffe Leslie insisted on an inductive, historical and institutional approach, which was in vogue in the late-Nineteenth Century.

Mathematical induction should not be misconstrued as a form of inductive reasoning, which is considered non-rigorous in mathematics ( see Problem of induction for more information ).

The paradox arises from the fact that this information, which colors our spontaneous view of the situation, is not incorporated in the usual treatments of the inductive situation.

Relatedly, the conclusion of an inductive argument contains more information than is already contained in the premises.

However, in the case of photons, power and information transfer by virtual particles is a relatively short-range phenomenon ( existing only within a few wavelengths of the field-disturbance, which carries information or transferred power ), as for example seen in the characteristically short range of inductive and capacitative effects in the near field zone of coils and antennas.

* Minimum description length, a principle for inductive inference in information theory

A coded track circuit based system is essentially an inductive system that uses the running rails as information transmitter.

Later during the Islamic Golden Age, there was a logical debate among Islamic philosophers, logicians and theologians over whether the term Qiyas refers to analogical reasoning, inductive reasoning or categorical syllogism.

The indications for the operation have been complicated by the controversy over the benefits of removing a chronically infected tissue and the possible harm caused by eliminating an important immune inductive tissue.

Before the Middle Ages there was a logical debate among Islamic logicians, philosophers and theologians over whether the term qiyas refers to analogical reasoning, inductive reasoning or categorical syllogism.

Placing the snubber diode in inverse parallel with the inductive load allows the current from the inductor to flow through the diode rather than through the switching element, dissipating the energy stored in the inductive load over the series resistance of the inductor and the ( usually much smaller ) resistance of the diode ( over-voltage protection ).

" This approach involved the inductive gathering of facts about the human impact on the landscape over time.

An inductive problem specifies a range of epistemically possible worlds over which to succeed and determines what sort of output would be correct, where correctness may embody both content and truth ( or some analogous virtue like empirical adequacy ).

The inductor's series resistance converts electric current through the coils into heat, thus causing a loss of inductive quality.

The Q factor of an inductor can be found through the following formula, where R is its internal ( Series Model ) electrical resistance and is the inductive reactance at resonance:

Objectivism is a system of philosophy created by philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand ( 1905 – 1982 ) that holds: reality exists independent of consciousness ; human beings gain knowledge rationally from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive and deductive logic ; the moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest.

Objectivism's central tenets are that reality exists independent of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, that one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic, that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness ( or rational self-interest ), that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights embodied in laissez-faire capitalism, and that the role of art in human life is to transform humans ' metaphysical ideas by selective reproduction of reality into a physical form — a work of art — that one can comprehend and to which one can respond emotionally.

According to Rand, attaining knowledge beyond what is given in perception requires both volition ( or the exercise of free will ) and adherence to a specific method of validation through observation, concept-formation, and the application of inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.

Consequently for relays which may be used to control inductive loads we must specify the maximum current that may flow through the relay contacts when it actuates, the make rating ; the continuous rating ; and the break rating.

As an observation of a correlation does not imply causation, it is necessary to use inductive reasoning from particular observations in order to strengthen ( through observed reproducibility ) or disprove hypotheses about causal relationships.

He described nature as being governed by laws which were difficult to discern or to state mathematically, and the highest aim of natural philosophy was understanding these laws through inductive reasoning, finding a single unifying explanation for a phenomenon.

Holberg's concept for science was that it should be inductive ( through experience built on observations ) and practical to use.

It does not point out that Joule's experimental arrangement performed essentially irreversible work, through friction of paddles in a liquid, or passage of electric current through a resistance inside the system, driven by motion of a coil and inductive heating, or by an external current source, which can access the system only by the passage of electrons, and so is not strictly adiabatic, because electrons are a form of matter, which cannot penetrate adiabatic walls.

The law must be confirmed and broadly agreed upon through the process of inductive reasoning.

However it is generated, this energy is then transmitted to the vehicle through use of overhead lines, wireless energy transfer such as inductive charging, or a direct connection through an electrical cable.

In this compound, both of the phenyl rings can interact with the C = O group through inductive effects and mesomeric effects.

This discovery is sought through dialectic and in contrast to Plato's theory, through inductive reasoning rather than deductive.

The practice tradition suggested by the Treasury itself -- and also by Asaṅga's Grounds of Hearers -- is one in which mindfulness of breathing becomes a basis for inductive reasoning on such topics as the five aggregates ; as a result of such inductive reasoning, the meditator progresses through the Hearer paths of preparation, seeing, and meditation.

A transient is of the general character of a condenser discharge through an inductive circuit.

The phenomenon of the condenser discharge through an inductive circuit therefore is of the greatest importance to the engineer, as the foremost cause of high-voltage and high-frequency troubles in electric circuits.

Basically, the gameplay consists of the dealer choosing a secret rule dictating how cards are to be played, and the players playing cards in an attempt to figure out the rule through inductive reasoning.

As in other aspects of life, in business we acquire our knowledge through empirical study, from which we draw conclusions using inductive or deductive methods.