00100				PREFACE
00200		Something  "artificial"  is  manmade.    Someone   "paranoid"
00300	believes  others  have  malevolent intentions towards him. Artificial
00400	paranoia  represents  an  attempt  to  computer  simulate   naturally
00500	occurring paranoia.
00600		A computer simulation  of  paranoid  processes  involves  the
00700	construction  and  testing  of  a  high-complexity symbolic model. To
00800	fathom such a model and its  functions,  it  is  first  necessary  to
00900	understand   the  perspectives  of  symbol  processing  and  computer
01000	simulation. I  shall  try  to  present  some  background  information
01100	sufficient to orient a reader unfamiliar with these perspectives.
01200		I am indebted to  co-workers  who  collaborated  with  me  in
01300	constructing  and  testing  the model. Sylvia Weber Russell wrote the
01400	original version of the program.  Franklin Dennis Hilf was  primarily
01500	responsible  for  the  validation studies. Helena Kraemer assisted in
01600	the design of the experiments and in  carrying  out  the  statistical
01700	methods used.
01800		Also  I  am  grateful  to  Bruce  Anderson,  Bruce  Buchanan,
01900	Franklin  Dennis  Hilf, Roger C.  Parkison, Charles J. Rieger III and
02000	Yorick Wilks for their comments  on  the  entire  manuscript  and  to
02100	Margaret  A.   Boden,  Horace Enea and Abraham Kaplan for suggestions
02200	regarding  specific  chapters. Because i made them,   I   bear   full
02300	responsibility for the errors.
02400		This research was supported by Grant PHS MH 06645-12 from the
02500	National  Institute  of  Mental  Health  and  by  (in  part) Research
02600	Scientist Award (No.1-K05-K14,433) from  the  National  Institute  of
02700	Mental Health.