Fall 2000
Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
T/Th 9:00-10:20

85-411/85-711/15-886A
Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving
 

Required Readings

Many of the readings are taken from the required text for this course: The Sciences of the Artificial.  The other readings are available from the bookshop as a volume of selected papers.

Key
SofA = "The Sciences of the Artificial", Herbert A. Simon, MIT Press, 1996
N&S = "Human Problem Solving", Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon, Prentice-Hall, 1972 (Out of print)
Simon I = "Models of Thought, Vol. I", , Herbert A. Simon, Yale University Press, 1979 (Out of print)
Simon II = "Models of Thought, Vol. II", , Herbert A. Simon, Yale University Press, 1989 (Out of print)

Week 1  General Introduction (8/29,31)

Weeks 2-3  Architecture: Introductory View (9/5,7,12,14)
  • Simon I:2.3, The Information Storage System Called "Human Memory"
  • Richman, et al. (1995), Simulation of Expert Memory Using EPAM IV

  • Simon II:2.4, STM Capacity for Chinese words and idioms: Chunking
    Weeks 4-5  Problem Solving in Knowledge-Lean Domains (9/19,21,26,28) Weeks 6-7  Skill Acquisition: Learning (10/3,5,10,12) Week 8  Expert-Novice Differences (10/17,19) Week 9  Overview of Architecture (10/24,26) Weeks10-11  Representation and Imagery (10/31,11/2,7,9) Week 12  Concept Attainment  (11/14,16) Week 13-15  Scientific Discovery (11/21,28,30, 12/5,7,12) Top    Home