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title: "Application of Theorem Proving to Problem Solving"
authors:
  - "C. Cordell Green"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1969/22"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1969/0022.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1969
pages: "219-240"
track: "Heuristic Problem Solving"
keywords:
---

# Application of Theorem Proving to Problem Solving

C. Cordell Green

*Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 219-240.

## Abstract

This paper shows how an extension of the resolution proof procedure can be used to construct problem solutions. The extended proof procedure can solve problems involving state transformations. The paper explores several alternate problem representations and provides a discussion of solutions to sample problems including the "Monkey and Bananas" puzzle and the "Tower of Hanoi" puzzle. The paper exhibits solutions to these problems obtained by QA3, a computer program based on these theorem-proving methods . In addition , the paper shows how QA3 can write simple computer programs and can solve practical problems for a simple robot.