AI Working Papers (1971 - 1995)
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Dependency-Directed Backtracking in Non-Deterministic Scheme
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1988-08)Non-deterministic LISP can be used to describe a search problem without specifying the method used to solve the problem. We show that SCHEMER, a non-deterministic dialect of SCHEME, can support dependency-directed backtracking ... -
Mini-Robot Group User's Guide Part 1: The 11/45 System
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1978-06)This USER'S GUIDE is in two parts. Part 1 describes the facilities of the mini-robot group 11/45 and the software available to persons using those facilities. It is intended for those writing their own programs to be run ... -
Using Message Passing Instead of the GOTO Construct
(MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1978-04)This paper advocates a programming methodology using message passing. Efficient programs are derived for fast exponentiation, merging ordered sequences, and path existence determination in a directed graph. The problems ...