AI Memos (1959 - 2004): Recent submissions

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    • The Alignment of Objects with Smooth Surfaces 

      Ullman, Shimon; Basri, Ronen (1988-07-01)
      This paper examines the recognition of rigid objects bounded by smooth surfaces using an alignment approach. The projected image of such an object changes during rotation in a manner that is difficult to predict. A ...

    • Model-Based Reasoning: Troubleshooting 

      Davis, Randall; Hamscher, Walter C. (1988-07-01)
      To determine why something has stopped working, it is useful to know how it was supposed to work in the first place. That simple observation underlies some of the considerable interest generated in recent years on the topic ...

    • What Are Plans For? 

      Agre, Philip E.; Chapman, David (1989-10-01)
      What plans are like depends on how they're used. We contrast two views of plan use. On the plan-as-program-view, plan use is the execution of an effective procedure. On the plan-as-communication view, plan use is like ...