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Computer science as empirical inquiry: symbols and search
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Volume 19 ,  Issue 3  (March 1976) table of contents
Pages: 113 - 126  
Year of Publication: 1976
ISSN:0001-0782
Authors
Allen Newell  Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
Herbert A. Simon  Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Computer science is the study of the phenomena surrounding computers. The founders of this society understood this very well when they called themselves the Association for Computing Machinery. The machine—not just the hardware, but the programmed, living machine—is the organism we study.


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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
Turing, artificial intelligence, cognition, computer science, empirical, heuristics, list processing, problem solving, science, search, symbols

Collaborative Colleagues:
Allen Newell: colleagues
Herbert A. Simon: colleagues

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