---
title: "Towards a Generic Model of Configuraton Tasks"
authors:
  - "Sanjay Mittal"
  - "Felix Frayman"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/223"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1989/0223.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Eleventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1989
pages: "1395-1400"
track: "Knowledge Representation"
keywords:
---

# Towards a Generic Model of Configuraton Tasks

Sanjay Mittal, Felix Frayman

*Proceedings of the Eleventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 1395-1400.

## Abstract

A precise definition is provided for general conf i guration tasks. Two important assumptions are identified: (i) functional architecture and (ii) key component per function . A domainindependent model is presented based on these assumptions. These assumptions are shown to be both useful and tenable in real domains. They are useful because they limit the complexity of the general configuration task, determine the basic knowledge needed for solving a configuration task, and enable more efficient problem solving methods. Ideas are presented both for representing the knowledge and controlling the search . Some of these ideas were originally implemented in the Cossack expert system.