Artificial Intelligence

A RAND Perspective

Philip Klahr, D. A. Waterman

ResearchPublished 1986

This paper offers a brief history of RAND's research in artificial intelligence (AI) and expert systems. The authors highlight RAND milestones beginning with the development of one of the first stored-program digital computers, the JOHNNIAC, to the current work on AI technology and its uses, including work on expert systems, knowledge-based simulation, and human-oriented environments. An extensive bibliography accompanies the text.

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Klahr, Philip and D. A. Waterman, Artificial Intelligence: A RAND Perspective, RAND Corporation, P-7172, 1986. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7172.html
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Klahr, Philip and D. A. Waterman, Artificial Intelligence: A RAND Perspective. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7172.html. Also available in print form.
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