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George F Luger
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 6th edition
Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving
Automated Reasoning
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009
14.0 Introduction to Weak Methods in
Theorem Proving
14.1 The General Problem Solver and
Difference Tables
14.2 Resolution Theorem Proving
14.3 PROLOG and Automated Reasoning
14.4 Further Issues in Automated Reasoning
14.5 Epilogue and References
14.6 Exercises
1
Fig 14.1a Transformation rules for logic problems, from Newell and Simon
(1961).
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 2
Fig 14.1b A proof of a theorem in propositional calculus, from Newell and
Simon (1961).
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 3
Fig 14.2 Flow chart and difference reduction table for the General Problem
Solver, from Newell and Simon (1963b).
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 4
Resolution refutation proofs involve the following steps:
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 5
Fig 14.3 Resolution proof for the “dead dog” problem.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 6
Fig 14.4 One resolution proof for an example from the propositional calculus.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 7
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 8
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 9
Fig 14.5 One refutation for the “happy student” problem.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 10
Fig 14.6 Resolution proof for the “exciting life” problem.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 11
Fig 14.7 another resolution refutation for the example of Fig 14.6.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 12
Fig 14.8 Complete state space for the “exciting life” problem generated by
breadth-first search (to two levels).
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 14
Fig 14.9 Using the unit preference strategy on the “exciting life” problem.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 14
Fig 14.10 Unification substitutions of Fig 14.6 applied to the original query.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 15
Fig 14.11 Answer extraction process on the “finding fido” problem.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 16
Fig 14.12 Skolemization as part of the answer extraction process.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 17
Fig 14.13 Data-driven reasoning with n and/or graph in the propositional
calculus
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 18
Fig 14.14 Goal-driven reasoning with an and/or graph in the propositional
calculus.
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 19
Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 20

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Artificial Intelligence

  • 1. George F Luger ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 6th edition Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving Automated Reasoning Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 14.0 Introduction to Weak Methods in Theorem Proving 14.1 The General Problem Solver and Difference Tables 14.2 Resolution Theorem Proving 14.3 PROLOG and Automated Reasoning 14.4 Further Issues in Automated Reasoning 14.5 Epilogue and References 14.6 Exercises 1
  • 2. Fig 14.1a Transformation rules for logic problems, from Newell and Simon (1961). Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 2
  • 3. Fig 14.1b A proof of a theorem in propositional calculus, from Newell and Simon (1961). Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 3
  • 4. Fig 14.2 Flow chart and difference reduction table for the General Problem Solver, from Newell and Simon (1963b). Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 4
  • 5. Resolution refutation proofs involve the following steps: Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 5
  • 6. Fig 14.3 Resolution proof for the “dead dog” problem. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 6
  • 7. Fig 14.4 One resolution proof for an example from the propositional calculus. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 7
  • 8. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 8
  • 9. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 9
  • 10. Fig 14.5 One refutation for the “happy student” problem. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 10
  • 11. Fig 14.6 Resolution proof for the “exciting life” problem. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 11
  • 12. Fig 14.7 another resolution refutation for the example of Fig 14.6. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 12
  • 13. Fig 14.8 Complete state space for the “exciting life” problem generated by breadth-first search (to two levels). Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 14
  • 14. Fig 14.9 Using the unit preference strategy on the “exciting life” problem. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 14
  • 15. Fig 14.10 Unification substitutions of Fig 14.6 applied to the original query. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 15
  • 16. Fig 14.11 Answer extraction process on the “finding fido” problem. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 16
  • 17. Fig 14.12 Skolemization as part of the answer extraction process. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 17
  • 18. Fig 14.13 Data-driven reasoning with n and/or graph in the propositional calculus Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 18
  • 19. Fig 14.14 Goal-driven reasoning with an and/or graph in the propositional calculus. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 19
  • 20. Luger: Artificial Intelligence, 6th edition. © Pearson Education Limited, 2009 20