A computer program that employed heuristics and a means-ends analysis in its attempt to simulate problem solving in a generally humanlike fashion was called:

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The General Problem Solver (GPS) was a computer program developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s at the RAND Corporation. It was designed to solve problems using heuristics and a means-ends analysis, in an attempt to simulate problem solving in a generally humanlike fashion. The GPS was one of the earliest examples of an "artificial intelligence" program and was influential in the development of the field.

A Computer Program That Employed Heuristics and a Means-Ends Analysis