PRODIGY: Test-Bed for Learning

Description

• PRODIGY has several properties which enable it to be used as a test-bed for additional learning applications.
  • PRODIGY's modular design enables new learning modules to be plugged into the existing architecture easily.
  • PRODIGY's glass box approach to knowlegde representation allows easy transfer of knowledge to and from new modules.
  • PRODIGY uses a general problem solving strategy which is applicable to many diffent domains.
• PRODIGY has already been used with several different learning methods, which have been tested in the following domains.
  • Machine shop scheduling
  • Robot Planning
  • Planning construction of reflector-telescope mirrors