Problem solving is often done in the context of an external display. Often there are the
physical objects that are part of a problem situation. Alternatively the solver may construct …

In this article we take a step towards providing an analysis of the Soar architecture as a
basis for general intelligence. Included are discussions of the basic assumptions underlying …

Here, several leading experts in the area of cognitive science summarize their current
research programs, tracing Herbert A. Simon's influence on their own work--and on the field …

In the spring of 1976, while trying to decide on which computer science graduate school to
attend, we (John Laird and Paul Rosenbloom) independently visited the Computer Science …

I carefully chose my title—" putting it all together"—intending it to have multiple meanings.
First, Herbert Simon has indeed put it all together over the course of his career. Thus, this is …

From the Publisher: The general unified theory of intelligence addresses the cognitive
functions of thinking, reasoning, and problem solving. At an abstract level, this theory …

Humans are able to perform many complicated cognitive tasks involving devices; they are
able to find faults, if any, in a device given a description of its behavior, or predict what a …

Allen Newell was one of the founders and truly great scientists of AI. His contributions
included foundational concepts and ground-breaking systems. His career was defined by …

From the Publisher: Wagman presents a general, unified theory of artificial and human
intelligence under which the nature of human reasoning, problem solving, analogical …

This work extends the information-processing theory of problem solving to the domain of ill-
structured problems by presenting a framework for understanding instructional design. The …