Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits.

Abstract

This report is concerned with the problem of achieving flexibility (additivity, modularity) and efficiency (performance, expertise) simultaneously in one AI program. It deals with the domain of elementary electronic circuit design. The proposed solution is to provide a deduction-driven problem solver with built-in control-structure concepts. This problem solver and its knowledge base in the application areas of design and electronics are described. The program embodying it is being used to explore the solution of some modest problems in circuit design. It is concluded that shallow reasoning about problem-solver plans is necessary for flexibility, and can be implemented with reasonable efficiency. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043964

Entities

People

  • Drew Vincent Mcdermott

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • Cognition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Gain
  • Information Retrieval
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Language
  • New York
  • Production

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics