ETHER - A Parallel Problem Solving System

Abstract

ETHER is a new pattern directed invocation language for problem solving applications, ETHER programs allow arbitrarily much processing to happen in parallel. For example, when a goal generates several subgoals they are all pursued in parallel ETHER introduces the concepts of an activity which is a generalization of process, and platform, a generalization of context. Two uses for parallelism are discussed: parallel evaluation of subgoah and the use of opponents, concurrently running activities that attempt to show a subgoal is unattainable. If the opponent succeeds then work on the subgoal halts.

Cite

Text

Kornfeld. "ETHER - A Parallel Problem Solving System." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1979.

Markdown

[Kornfeld. "ETHER - A Parallel Problem Solving System." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1979.](https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1979/kornfeld1979ijcai-ether/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kornfeld1979ijcai-ether,
  title     = {{ETHER - A Parallel Problem Solving System}},
  author    = {Kornfeld, William A.},
  booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {1979},
  pages     = {490-492},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1979/kornfeld1979ijcai-ether/}
}