Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits

Title: en_US Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits
Creator: en_US Mcdermott, Drew Vincent
Date: 2004-10-20T20:07:15Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:07:15Z
Date Issued: en_US 1977-06-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-402
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6923
Abstract: en_US 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 applicaitn areas of design and electronics are descrbed. The prgram embodying it is being used to explore the solutionof 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.
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-402