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Abstract

This manual describes Version 4 of Soar, an architecture for problem solving and learning based on heuristic search and chunking. Version 4 is available as of January 1986 in Common Lisp, Franz-Lisp, Interlisp, and Zeta-Lisp. An introduction to the Soar system is presented, and information is provided about the following system aspects: (1) data representation in working memory; (2) production representation; (3) decision procedure; (4) subgoals; (5) default search control; (6) chunking; (7) encoding a task; (8) operator implementation goal tests and operator parallelism; (9) top-level variables and functions; (10) errors, warnings, and recovery hints; and (11) the installation of Soar. Also provided are a performance comparison of the time required to solve a simple problem in the Eight Puzzle on different Lisp systems in Version 4, release 1; a brief annotated Soar bibliography; and a distribution list for this report. Two appendices contain a list of search-control productions and a summary of functions and variables, and an index is provided. (KM)

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1007399
Target audience
Sponsor
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA. Personnel and Training Research Programs Office.
Title
Soar User's Manual
Pages
114
Number of pages
114
Publication date
January 31, 1986
Source type
Encyclopedia or Reference Work
Summary language
English
Language of publication
English
Document type
Instructional Material/Guideline, Report
Subfile
ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE)
Accession number
ED275302
ProQuest document ID
63220427
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/encyclopedias-reference-works/soar-users-manual/docview/63220427/se-2?accountid=208611
Last updated
2024-04-21
Database
Education Research Index