Browsing AI Memos (1959 - 2004) by Author "Abelson, Harold"

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    • The Bifurcation Interpreter: A Step Towards the Automatic Analysis of Dynamical Systems 

      Abelson, Harold (1989-09-01)
      The Bifurcation Interpreter is a computer program that autonomously explores the steady-state orbits of one-parameter families of periodically- driven oscillators. To report its findings, the Interpreter generates ...

    • Computational Geometry of Linear Threshold Functions 

      Abelson, Harold (1976-07-01)
      Linear threshold machines are defined to be those whose computations are based on the outputs of a set of linear threshold decision elements. The number of such elements is called the rank of the machine. An analysis ...

    • The Dynamicist's Workbench: I Automatic Preparation of Numerical Experiments 

      Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay (1987-05-01)
      The dynamicist's workbench is a system for automating some of the work of experimental dynamics. We describe a portion of our system that deals with the setting up and execution of numerical simulations. This part of ...

    • Intelligence in Scientific Computing 

      Abelson, Harold; Eisenberg, Michael; Halfact, Mathew; Katzenelson, Jacob; Sacks, Elisha; e.a. (1988-11-01)
      Combining numerical techniques with ideas from symbolic computation and with methods incorporating knowledge of science and mathematics leads to a new category of intelligent computational tools for scientists and ...

    • Lisp: A Language for Stratified Design 

      Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay (1987-08-01)
      We exhibit programs that illustrate the power of Lisp as a language for expressing the design and organization of computational systems. The examples are chosen to highlight the importance of abstraction in program ...

    • Student Science Training Program in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science 

      Abelson, Harold; diSessa, Andy (1976-09-01)
      During the summer of 1976, the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory sponsored a Student Science Training Program in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science for high ability ...

    • The Supercomputer Toolkit and Its Applications 

      Abelson, Harold; Berlin, Andrew A.; Katzenelson, Jacob; McAllister, William H.; Rozas, Guillermo J.; e.a. (1990-07-01)
      The Supercomputer Toolkit is a proposed family of standard hardware and software components from which special-purpose machines can be easily configured. Using the Toolkit, a scientist or an engineer, starting with a ...

    • Towards a Theory of Local and Global in Computation 

      Abelson, Harold (1977-09-01)
      We formulate the rudiments of a method for assessing the difficulty of dividing a computational problem into "independent simpler parts." This work illustrates measures of complexity which attempt to capture the ...

    • Velocity Space and the Geometry of Planetary Orbits 

      Abelson, Harold; diSessa, Andrea; Rudolph, Lee (1974-12-01)
      We develop a theory of orbits for the inverse-square central force law which differs considerably from the usual deductive approach. In particular, we make no explicit use of calculus. By beginning with qualitative ...