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How to Do the Right Thing
(1989-10-01)
This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of action selection for an autonomous agent. An agent is viewed as a collection of competence modules. Action selection is modeled as an emergent property of an ...
Optimization of Series Expressions: Part I: User's Manual for the Series Macro Package
(1989-01-01)
The benefits of programming in a functional style are well known. In particular, algorithms that are expressed as compositions of functions operating on series/vectors/streams of data elements are much easier to understand ...
Intelligent Assistance for Program Recognition, Design, Optimization, and Debugging
(1989-01-01)
A recognition assistant will help reconstruct the design of a program, given only its source code. A design assistant will assist a programmer by detecting errors and inconsistencies in his design choices and by ...
The Performance of a Mechanical Design 'Compiler'
(1989-01-01)
A mechanical design "compiler" has been developed which, given an appropriate schematic, specifications, and utility function for a mechanical design, returns catalog numbers for an optimal implementation. The compiler ...
What Are Plans For?
(1989-10-01)
What plans are like depends on how they're used. We contrast two views of plan use. On the plan-as-program-view, plan use is the execution of an effective procedure. On the plan-as-communication view, plan use is like ...
A Compilation Strategy for Numerical Programs Based on Partial Evaluation
(1989-02-01)
This work demonstrates how partial evaluation can be put to practical use in the domain of high-performance numerical computation. I have developed a technique for performing partial evaluation by using placeholders ...
A Colony Architecture for an Artificial Creature
(1989-09-01)
This report describes a working autonomous mobile robot whose only goal is to collect and return empty soda cans. It operates in an unmodified office environment occupied by moving people. The robot is controlled by a ...
A Theory of Quantitative Inference Applied to a Mechanical Design Compiler
(1989-01-01)
This thesis presents the ideas underlying a computer program that takes as input a schematic of a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission system, plus specifications and a utility function, and returns catalog numbers ...
Performance Evaluation of the Scheme 86 and HP Precision Architecture
(1989-04-01)
The Scheme86 and the HP Precision Architectures represent different trends in computer processor design. The former uses wide micro-instructions, parallel hardware, and a low latency memory interface. The latter ...
Optimal Unsupervised Learning in Feedforward Neural Networks
(1989-01-01)
We investigate the properties of feedforward neural networks trained with Hebbian learning algorithms. A new unsupervised algorithm is proposed which produces statistically uncorrelated outputs. The algorithm causes ...