• DocumentCode
    1337845
  • Title

    Computer Languages for Symbol Manipulation

  • Author

    Green, Bert F., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.; Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1961
  • Firstpage
    729
  • Lastpage
    735
  • Abstract
    Complex, flexible, computer programs can be written easily in list-processing languages. Storage registers are linked together in arbitrary sequences to form lists and list structures, which are the units of the languages. Special provisions are made for recursive subroutines and for hierarchical programs. These particular languages have been used to write game-playing, problem-solving, and other ``intelligent´´ Programs.
  • Keywords
    Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Computer languages; Human factors; Industrial control; Jacobian matrices; Linear programming; Machine intelligence; Military aircraft; Military computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronic Computers, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0367-9950
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEC.1961.5219281
  • Filename
    5219281