{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"A Language Based Problem-Solver","authors":[{"name":"S. Ramani","slug":"s-ramani","given":"S.","family":"Ramani","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"Language learning and language use play central roles in problem-solving. It is argued here that a rigidly built-in language will not serve the needs of problem-solving. To use language as significantly as in hwnan problem- solving it is necessary to design language pro- cessors specially suited to the task, The pro- cessor should use language as a medium for describing situations so that their similarities are recognized. Recognition of such similarity would enable the system to respond to new situ- ations with forms of response known to be ap- propriate in similar, familiar situations. The design and implementation of a problem-solving system based on this principle are described. This system exhibits some cap- ability to learn and use a language, and to solve problems.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/48","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/0048.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/48.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/bibtex/48","volume":{"slug":"1971","title":"Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1971","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/","year":1971,"location":"London, UK","dates":"","editors":"D.C. Cooper","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":null,"track":"","number":48,"pages":{"first":463,"last":472},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}