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19691960s
Organizations
SRI InternationalStanford University
Major Achievements
- •Co-developed the A* search algorithm for efficient pathfinding.
- •Co-developed the STRIPS automated planning component for the Shakey robot.
- •Authored highly influential early AI textbooks and served as AAAI president.
Key Papers
- A Formal Basis for the Heuristic Determination of Minimum Cost Paths
Peter E. Hart, Nils J. Nilsson, Bertram Raphael · IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics · 1968
- STRIPS: A New Approach to the Application of Theorem Proving to Problem Solving
Richard E. Fikes, Nils J. Nilsson · Artificial Intelligence · 1971
Videos
Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum, interviewed by Nils Nilsson: Session 1
Computer History Museum
Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum, interviewed by Nils Nilsson: Session 2
Computer History Museum