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General Problem Solver

General Problem Solver (GPS) is a computer program created in 1957 by Herbert A. Simon, J. C. Shaw, and Allen Newell (RAND Corporation) intended to work as a universal problem solver machine. In contrast to the former Logic Theorist project, the GPS works with means–ends analysis.

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General Problem Solver

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples4
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
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the Towers of Hanoi that could be sufficiently formalizedinstance ofIPL.While GPS solved simple problems0.80text
it could not solve any real-world problems because the search was easily lost in the combinatorial explosioninstance ofIPL.While GPS solved simple problems0.80text
the Towers of Hanoi can become computationally infeasibleinstance ofeven a straightforward state space search0.80text
albeit judicious prunings of the state space can be achieved by such elementary AI techniques as Ainstance ofeven a straightforward state space search0.80text

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