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This video was recorded at 6.01SC Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, I Spring 2011. In this session, we introduce the idea of search. We've designed systems to tackle static problems and modeled the idea of uncertainty, but we still haven't developed a way to approach that uncertainty and engage in decision-making that we can codify into our systems. We can tackle uncertainty through search; if we know the domain of possible solutions to a problem, and know the steps to get from one part of the domain to the other, then we can search the domain until we reach the solution. The overview handout provides a more detailed introduction, including the big ideas of the session, key vocabulary, what you should understand (theory) and be able to do (practice) after completing this session, and additional resources.

Disciplines:

• Science and Technology  / Engineering  / Electrical Engineering