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In this seminal work, Professor Jianfeng Zhan systematically differentiates intelligent life from normal objects through two defining properties: interrogation and free will. He presents a novel framework for fundamental interrogations: encompassing measurement, testing, reasoning and evaluation.

Building on this foundation, Zhan provides a formal definition of cause and effect, positing that evaluation fundamentally involves uncovering an object's effects. He rigorously formalizes the evaluation problem, along with its dual challenges—design and inverse problems—de-evaluation and introduces the groundbreaking discipline of Evaluatology. This discipline establishes a universal framework, including universal concepts, axioms, fundamental issues and methodology.

Collaborating with colleagues, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, Zhan et al. further develop foundational evaluation methodologies, explore novel pathways toward Strong Artificial Intelligence, and demonstrate the wide-ranging applications of Evaluatology across diverse domains.

Table of contents

• Preface: How I gave birth to Evaluatology
• Part I Contributions,and Related Work
• Part II Fundamental Interrogations
• Part III The Science of Evaluation
• Part IV Other Fundamental Evaluation Methodologies
• Part V Applications