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General Problem Solver
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<p>General Problem Solver (GPS) is a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">computer program</a> created in 1957 by <a href="/facts/Herbert_A._Simon/NNHhQ2bS">Herbert A. Simon</a>, <a href="/facts/Cliff_Shaw/HEKfD595">J. C. Shaw</a>, and <a href="/facts/Allen_Newell/61yUQ647">Allen Newell</a> (<a href="/facts/RAND_Corporation/zArfRxf9">RAND Corporation</a>) intended to work as a universal problem <a href="/facts/Solver_(computer_science)/S8LurhlM">solver</a> machine. In contrast to the former <a href="/facts/Logic_Theorist/cCCDAyCq">Logic Theorist</a> project, the GPS works with <a href="/facts/Means%25E2%2580%2593ends_analysis/1D5uRfU5">means–ends analysis</a>. </p>