AWhat changed
A reusable symbolic template for means-ends problem solving was made concrete in a program.
Scientific scope
1959 three-author report and demonstrated cases; later cognitive architectures and success claims excluded.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact three-author 1959 report. It does not establish domain-independent success in practice or absorb Logic Theorist, later cognitive architectures or implementation work by others.
Contributors
- Allen Newell · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- J. C. Shaw · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Herbert A. Simon · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Newell, Shaw and Simon, Report on a General Problem-Solving Program
- CMU Archives record for Report on a General Problem-Solving Program
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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