The Event Bush as a Potential Complex Methodology of Conceptual Modelling in the Geosciences

The event bush is a new method of artificial intelligence proposed specially to meet the needs of geosciences, from basic research to communication with nonprofessionals. First results of its application as well as combination of event bush with mathematical and logical formalisms are encouraging, and the method has shown some advantages to existing approaches, as well as an ability to unite them and become a complex integrated methodology. However, since the very first steps, it turned out that the way of thinking that underlies event bush differs from virtually all existing pathways of thought perceived in the Earth sciences. This paper aims to provide the practical guidelines for building event bushes. For this, it describes the method through an example, chosen to be clear to any geoscientist and even non-scientist. The procedure of inference in the event bush is considered in positional (graphic) and semantic aspects. Interrelations of event bush with existing formalisms and ways of thinking are discussed. Recommendations are formulated to make the best use of event bushes in practical reasoning. C. A. Pshenichny et al. / The Event Bush as a Potential Complex Methodology of Conceptual Modelling...