Limitations of the Current Stock of Ideas About Problem Solving

Abstract

The current field of problem solving by computers is thought to consist of a series of ideas about how to represent a problem. If a problem can be cast into one of these representations in a natural way, then it is possible to manipulate it and stand some chance of solving it. Different approaches are not easily translatable, one into the other. The advantages of these approaches are summarized by describing the kinds of problems which can be easily so represented. It must be admitted that no single representation can be stretched too far. There is no useful representation of possible representations in existence currently.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0623758

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