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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: HELP on "General Problem Solver" - just a headstart needed, I'll go on myself afterwards
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wilfredo@icepr.com (Wilfredo Gomez) writes:
>Have been checking some books on A.I. for a GPS but found no reference to 
>the term. Please give me a headstart so I could go on by myself.

      The term "GPS" in AI refers to an algorithm called the "General
Problem Solver", which is a simple search algorithm invented in the
1960s.  

						John Nagle

