1978MOLGEN Program for Gene-Cloning Experiments

The MOLGEN program, written at Stanford by Mark Stefik and P...
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💡 Douglas Lenat's AM Program Demonstrates Discovery Model

Douglas Lenat's AM program (Stanford PhD dissertation) demonstrated the discovery model (loosely guided search for interesting conjectures).
Douglas Lenat's AM Program Demonstrates Discovery Model (1976)
DiscoveryHeuristicsConcept FormationKnowledge RepresentationReasoningAM programDouglas LenatStanford University
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🧠 Randall Davis Demonstrates Meta-Level Reasoning

Randall Davis demonstrated the power of meta-level reasoning in his PhD dissertation at Stanford.
ReasoningMeta-reasoningKnowledge RepresentationArtificial IntelligencePhD DissertationRandall DavisStanford University
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🧬 MOLGEN Program for Gene-Cloning Experiments

The MOLGEN program, written at Stanford by Mark Stefik and Peter Friedland, demonstrated that an Object-oriented programming representation of knowledge can be used to plan gene-Cloning experiments.
MOLGEN Program for Gene-Cloning Experiments (1978)
Object-Oriented ProgrammingKnowledge RepresentationGene CloningMolecular BiologyMark StefikPeter FriedlandStanford University
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🗣️ EMYCIN Program Development

Bill VanMelle's PhD dissertation at Stanford demonstrated the generality of MYCIN's representation of knowledge and style of reasoning in his EMYCIN program, the model for many commercial expert system "shells".
EMYCIN Program Development (1979)
Expert SystemsEMYCINKnowledge RepresentationReasoningMYCINBill VanMelleStanford University
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💻 CHI System for Automatic Programming

Cordell Green, David Barstow, Elaine Kant and others at Stanford demonstrated the CHI system for Automatic programming.
Automatic ProgrammingSoftware EngineeringCHICordell GreenDavid BarstowStanford University
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📜 Work on Non-Monotonic Logics Begins

Drew McDermott and Jon Doyle at MIT, and John McCarthy at Stanford begin publishing work on non-monotonic logics and formal aspects of truth maintenance.
Work on Non-Monotonic Logics Begins (1979)
Non-Monotonic LogicReasoningKnowledge RepresentationTruth MaintenanceDrew McDermottJon DoyleJohn McCarthyMITStanford University
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