BUS 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Crossword

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Peter Tingling

Document Summary

Thinking: formation of new mental representation through the transformation of information by complex interaction of the mental attribute of judging, abstracting, reasoning, imagining, and problem solving. Problem solving: thinking directed toward the handling of a particular situation involving both the formation of responses and the selection among possible responses. Involves attempting to move from the initial state to the goal state via the available operators while observing any constraints. A goal, or description of what constitutes a solution. A description of objects relevant to achieving a solution. A set of operations or allowable actions toward solution. A set of constraints not to be violated. Knowledge-lean problems: can be solved (though not always skilfully) by use of instructions for the task and general problem solving skills: ex. Knowledge-rich problems: requires specific knowledge or skill to solve the problem: ex. Well-defined: a problem having a clear-cut solution: ex. Ill-defined: a problem usually having multiple solutions; cannot be solved by an algorithm: ex.