Catalogue of artificial intelligence techniques

The purpose of this catalogue is to promote interaction between members of the AI community. It does this by announcing the existence of AI techniques and by acting as a pointer into the literature. Thus the AI community will have access to a common, extensional definition of the field, which will promote a common terminology, discourage the re-invention of wheels, and act as a clearing house for new ideas and algorithms. As well as this descriptive role, the catalogue also has a prescriptive purpose to assist in the maturation of the field by identifying techniques and clarifying its terminology.