Description
Type of resource
moving image
Form
videocassette
Extent
1 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Date created
[ca. 1990]
Language
English
Broadcast standard
NTSC
Digital origin
reformatted digital
Creators/Contributors
- Speaker
- Feigenbaum, Edward A.
- Associated with
- DENDRAL
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- DENDRAL was an influential project in artificial intelligence (AI) of the 1960s, and the computer software expert system that it produced. Its primary aim was to study hypothesis formation and discovery in science. For that, a specific task in science was chosen: help organic chemists in identifying unknown organic molecules, by analyzing their mass spectra and using knowledge of chemistry. It was done at Stanford University by Edward Feigenbaum, Bruce Buchanan, Joshua Lederberg, and Carl Djerassi, along with a team of highly creative research associates and students. The software program DENDRAL is considered the first expert system because it automated the decision-making process and problem-solving behavior of organic chemists. The project consisted of research on two main programs Heuristic Dendral and Meta-Dendral, and several sub-programs. It was written in LISP (programming language), which was considered the language of AI because of its flexibility.
Subjects
- Subject
- DENDRAL
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer programs
- Computer science > Congresses
- Genre
- Speeches
- Video recordings
Bibliographic information
- Source ID
- SC0340_2005-101_b71_08
- Repository
- Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
- Collection call number
- SC0340
- Location
- SC0340, Accession 2005-071, Box 71
- http://purl.stanford.edu/nb543jn3748
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction:
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).