Progress in Artifical Intelligence 1978. Volume 1.

Abstract : This two volume collection was assembled to introduce advanced topics in Artificial Intelligence and to characterize the MIT point of view. With this in mind, the selected contributions are meant to be representative of either the research area explored or the methodology employed. Some of the shorter selections appear in full in order to convey a feeling for the detail and precision required in implementing working programs. Usually, however, length considerations have forced considerable abridgment. This necessarily means that the sections often describe what can be done but not much about how. With one exception, all of the sections originally appeared as publications of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Volume I includes reports on the general topics of : Expert Problem Solving; Natural Language Understanding and Intelligent Computer Coaches; and Representation and Learning.