1st Edition
integrating Marker Passing and Problem Solving A Spreading Activation Approach To Improved Choice in Planning
By James A. Hendler
Copyright 1988
318 Pages
by
Psychology Press
312 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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A recent area of interest in the Artificial Intelligence community has been the application of massively parallel algorithms to enhance the choice mechanism in traditional AI problems. This volume provides a detailed description of how marker-passing -- a parallel, non-deductive, spreading activation algorithm -- is a powerful approach to refining the choice mechanisms in an AI problem-solving... Read more
Contents: Foundations. Introduction. On Problem-Solving and Planning. On Marker-Passing and Spreading Activation. Integrating Marker-Passing and Problem-Solving -- The Inside Story. Inside the Path Evaluator. Designing a Marker-Passer. C-SCRAPS -- Adding Concurrency. Cognitive Aspects. On Marker-Passing and Connectionism. SCRAPS in Action. Conclusion.
Biography
James A. Hendler Department of Computer Science, The University of Maryland
