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The Logic Theorist worked. Newell and Simon wondered whether the same basic method could solve other problems.
The method has a name: search.
A computer begins with three things:
where it is now
where it needs to get
the moves it is allowed to make
It tries moves until one path reaches the goal. If a path fails, it can go back and try another.
The researchers built the
They hoped that much of problem solving might be search in disguise.