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General Problem Solving?

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A Case Study in Generality and Problem Solving. By George Ernst and Allen Newell. (ACM Monograph Series.) Pp. x + 297. (Academic Press: London and New York, June 1969.) 140s.

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MICHIE, D. General Problem Solving?. Nature 224, 923–924 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224923a0

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