BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CS-TR-70-176
       ENTRY:: November 06, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
       TITLE:: On generality and problem solving: a case study using the
               DENDRAL program
        TYPE:: Technical Report
      AUTHOR:: Feigenbaum, Edward A.
      AUTHOR:: Buchanan, Bruce G.
      AUTHOR:: Lederberg, Joshua
        DATE:: August 1970
       PAGES:: 54
    ABSTRACT:: Heuristic DENDRAL is a computer program written to solve
               problems of inductive inference in organic chemistry. This
               paper will use the design of Heuristic DENDRAL and its
               performance on different problems for a discussion of the
               following topics:

               1. the design for generality; 2. the performance problems
               attendant upon too much generality; 3. the coupling of
               expertise to the general problem solving processes; 4. the
               symbiotic relationship between generality and expertness, and
               the implications of this symbiosis for the study and design
               of problem solving systems.

               We conclude the paper with a view of the design for a general
               problem solver that is a variant of the "big switch" theory
               of generality.
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19951106]
         END:: STAN//CS-TR-70-176