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Memory in problem solving

Let us finish this topic by seeing how memory is employed in problem solving.

We have seen that many problems are solved by analogy. Computer systems that perform this task are sometimes called case based reasoning (CBR) systems.

CBR systems employ large case libraries rather than descriptions from first principles.

They therefore rely heavily on memory organisation and retrieval.



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