Allen Newell

Thinkers1927 to 1992Computer scientist

Works

  • Report on a General Problem-Solving Program, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Processing, 1959

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Known for

A computer scientist and cognitive psychologist who, with Herbert A. Simon and J. C. Shaw, built the General Problem Solver, the program that first implemented means-ends analysis: compare the current state with the goal, find the largest difference, and apply an operator that reduces it.

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