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The General Problem Solver (GPS) was a theory of human problem solving stated in the form of a simulation program (Ernst & Newell, 1969; Newell & Simon, 1972). This program and the associated theoretical framework had a significant impact on the subsequent direction of cognitive psychology. It also introduced the use of productions as a method for specifying cognitive models.

The theoretical framework was information processing and attempted to explain all behavior as a function of memory operations, control processes and rules. The methodology for testing the theory involved developing a computer simulation and then comparing the results of the simulation with human behavior in a given task. Such comparisons also made use of protocol analysis (Ericsson & Simon, 1984) in which the verbal reports of a person solving a task are used as indicators of cognitive processes.

GPS was intended to provide a core set of processes that could be used to solve a variety of different types of problems. The critical step in solving a problem with GPS is the definition of the problem space in terms of the goal to be achieved and the transformation rules. Using a means-end-analysis approach, GPS would divide the overall goal into subgoals and attempt to solve each of those. Some of the basic solution rules include: (1) transform one object into another, (2) reduce the different between two objects, and (3) apply an operator to an object. One of the key elements need by GPS to solve problems was an operator-difference table that specified what transformations were possible.

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While GPS was intended to be a general problem-solver, it could only be applied to “well-defined” problems such as proving theorems in logic or geometry, word puzzles and chess.  However, GPS was the basis other theoretical work by Newell et al. such as  SOAR  and  GOMS . Newell (1990) provides a summary of how this work evolved.

Here is a trace of GPS solving the logic problem to transform L1= R*(-P => Q) into L2=(Q \/ P)*R (Newell & Simon, 1972, p420):

Goal 1: Transform L1 into LO Goal 2: Reduce difference between L1 and L0 Goal 3: Apply R1 to L1 Goal 4: Transform L1 into condition (R1) Produce L2: (-P => Q) *R Goal 5: Transform L2 into L0 Goal 6: Reduce difference between left(L2) and left(L0) Goal 7: Apply R5 to left(L2) Goal 8: Transform left(L2) into condition(R5) Goal 9: Reduce difference between left(L2) and condition(R5) Rejected: No easier than Goal 6 Goal 10: Apply R6 to left(L2) Goal 11: Transform left(L2) into condition(R5) Produce L3: (P \/ Q) *R Goal 12: Transform L3 into L0 Goal 13: Reduce difference between left(L3) and left(L0) Goal 14: Apply R1 to left(L3) Goal 15: Transform left(L3) into condition(R1) Produce L4: (Q \/ P)*R Goal 16: Transform L4 into L0 Identical, QED

• Problem-solving behavior involves means-ends-analysis, i.e., breaking a problem down into subcomponents (subgoals) and solving each of those.
• Ericsson, K. & Simon, H. (1984). Protocol Analysis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Ernst, G. & Newell, A. (1969). GPS: A Case Study in Generality and Problem Solving. New York: Academic Press.
• Newell, A. (1990). Unified Theories of Cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Newell, A. & Simon, H. (1972). Human Problem Solving. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

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Newell and Simon's problem-space theory

Review of the literature, 2.4. information-processing theory and the problem understanding task, 2.4.1. newell and simon's problem-space theory.

Newell and Simon's research into human problem solving, especially their seminal work, "Human problem solving" (1972), still remains a much quoted reference in contemporary information-processing theory and research (Dawson, 1998). Despite the age o f this theory, it was found with a few modifications to be a useful way of structuring thinking

in the area o f interviewer reasoning. The current debate between the classical and the connectionist views of information processing is beyond the scope of this thesis, however readers are referred to Dawson (1998) who provides an excellent coverage o f the issues involved.

Newell and Simon (1972) conducted a wide range of experiments under controlled laboratory conditions into how people (usually undergraduates), approached a range of three-dimensional puzzles, and in particular the Tower o f Hanoi problem. In the Tower o f Hanoi problem participants were presented with three vertical pegs in a row, the first of which had three disks piled on it in order of size; that is the largest disk was at the bottom, the next on top, and so on. The goal o f the problem was to have all the disks piled in the same order on the last peg. However, disks could only be moved in certain ways. Only one disk could be moved at a time, and a larger disk could not be placed on top o f a smaller disk (Eysenck & Keane, 1995, p.363).

Figure 2.2 presents the problem space o f legal moves for the Tower o f Hanoi problem which will be referred to in the discussions below. From Newell and Simon's perspective people went about solving problems by first exploring a range o f possible ways (paths) o f finding a solution. Puzzles, such as the Tower of Hanoi, begin with a point outside the problem space (or maze), and then progress through a series o f moves to the centre - the solution. To achieve the goal o f getting to the centre, the person comes across many junctions where they have to make decisions (e.g., go straight, turn left, and so on). Each of these alternative paths may branch again and again, with some leading to the centre and the solution, and some not. Different strategies can be employed to find one's way inside the problem space (e.g., mark where you have come from, initially take left turns, and so on). These strategies provide the person with a systematic way of searching the problem space, and selecting one path firom a range o f alternative paths to get closer to the solution.

Their findings suggested that the stmcture of a problem could be characterised by a set o f states, beginning with an initial problem state (e.g., standing outside the problem space), involving many intermediate states (e.g., moving through the problem space), and ending with a goal state (e.g., being at the centre of the problem space). People in their studies began with an initial state and "searched" through a space o f alternative mental

States until they reached a goal state. Each of these alternative states can also have alternatives. The number o f these alternatives increases greatly as one moves away from the initial state to the goal state.

In order for people to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem they have to employ a range of cognitive strategies to reduce the number of states which they have to pass through to reach the goal state. Newell and Simon describe such strategies as heuristics. A heuristic strategy is in essence a nonrigorous way of achieving a solution to a problem. While heuristic procedures often lead to solutions, they offer no guarantee o f doing so (Bruner, 1996). Heuristics are contrasted with algorithms, which are methods that produce a definite solution. For example, in the Tower of Hanoi problem, a person could check every state, by starting at the beginning and systematically checking every alternative state until the goal state were achieved. This procedure would take far too long to be efficient, but is guaranteed to solve the problem. Heuristics, on the other hand are "rules of thumb", that may not guarantee a solution to a given problem every time, but most o f the time, thus saving time and effort.

One of the most important heuristic principles proposed by Newell and Simon was means-ends analysis. It consists of three main steps: first, the person notes the difference between the initial state and the goal state, second, they create subgoals to reduce this observed difference, and third, they select an operator that will solve this subgoal. Moves from one state to another are achieved by the application o f "mental operators". As problems may have a large number o f alternative paths, people use strategies to move from the initial state to the goal state efficiently. Thus, people's conception of a problem (i.e. the nature of the initial state), and the knowledge they bring to it (the operators and strategies available to them), make contributions to their problem­ solving behaviour (Newell & Simon, 1972).

Newell and Simon's problem-space theory identifies the various hypothetical states, processes and strategies that people may use to go about solving problems, at least puzzle based problems. The theory also predicts the types o f constraints that will make solving problems difficult, for example, the constraint o f human working memory and the interaction between this and the types o f strategies people use to search it. From a theoretical perspective it provides a normative theory o f human problem solving. The

theory allows for the structure of the problem to be specified and the best solution to the problem to be defined. In puzzle-based research from the 1950s to the present day, it is possible to elaborate the problem space and identify the correct or best solution to the problem by tracing the shortest sequence of moves from the initial state to the goal state. It provides a normative model o f what an "expert" problem solver would do, and how and why people's behaviour diverges from that o f the "expert".

2.4.2. Sum m ary of Newell and Simon's problem-space theory

Newell and Simon's (1972) information-processing theory o f problem solving suggests that when people move from an initial problem state towards a solution state they form a mental representation of the problem, which in this thesis is called a problem map. Research on expert problem solvers (outlined in section 2.7 o f this chapter) shows that they acquire through experience mechanisms for internally representing the problem space. This internal model acts as a precondition for planning, reasoning, anticipating and controlling subsequent cognitive behaviour (Ericsson & Lehmann, 1996).

The problem map undergoes a series of transformations as the problem solver tries to move from the initial problem state to a solution state. These transitions are achieved by the problem solver employing a series of cognitive operations, or strategies, such as means-ends analysis (this is the strategy whereby the problem solver evaluates the difference between the initial problem and the solution state). In summary, Newell and Simon's theory suggests that:

1. Problems have a large number o f alternative paths from the initial problem state to the solution state.

2. The total number o f such states, as generated by mental operators, is called the 'basic problem' space.

3. People's problem-solving behaviour is seen as the production of knowledge states by using mental operators to move from the initial knowledge state to a goal knowledge state.

4. People use their knowledge and various heuristic methods (i.e. means-ends analysis) to search through the problem space to find an efficient path from the initial state to the goal state.

5. All o f these processes occur within the limitations o f the individual's cognitive system, that is their working memory and information processing limitations (i.e. sorting and retrieving information from long-term memory).

6. The contents of people's short-term memory are open to conscious reporting by the individual. This assumption guided much of their work in which they used think-aloud protocols. This is a method whereby individuals say out loud what is going through their minds as they solve problems. The researcher records responses which are analysed later (Eysenck & Keane, 1995, p.363).

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First published in 1972, this monumental work develops and defends the authors' information processing theory of human reasoning. Human reasoners, they argue, can be modeled as symbolic "information processing systems" (IPSs), abstracted entirely from physiological bases. Modeling subjects with IPSs yields predictive theories of their problem-solving behavior and performance, and psychological insight into their heuristics and methods.Newell and Simon's previous epoch-making collaborations included the General Problem Solver, the Logic Theorist, and the Information Processing Language. This book is a careful application of those ideas from artificial intelligence - the ideas of AI's first golden age - to cognitive psychology. The authors first develop the formal theory of information processing systems. They then report studies of three symbolic reasoning tasks, and analyze that data using the information processing paradigm. In the final section, they state their comprehensive theory of human problem-solving. The success of the models of cognition given in Human Problem Solving was a major piece of evidence for the physical symbol system hypothesis, which Newell and Simon would first state a few years later. Newell went on to co-develop the Soar cognitive architecture, and Simon to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. The two jointly received the Turing Award in 1975 for the research program of which Human Problem Solving was the culmination.

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