Some Examples of AI Mechanisms for Goal Seeking, Planning, and Reasoning

Citation

Nilsson, N. J. (1976). Some Examples of AI Mechanisms for Goal Seeking, Planning and Reasoning. Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International.

Abstract

Psychological models of intelligent behavior have increasingly used concepts from computer science, especially Artificial Intelligence. The use of semantic networks as memory models is a familiar example. In this paper we review some perhaps lesser know AI ideas that might also have utility in psychological modeling.

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