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or sub-goal
plural sub-goals
: a goal that is involved in or secondary to achieving a larger goal
… it would probably also be a mistake to make robots in which subgoals would interfere with the main goals.—
John McCarthy
John McCarthyThis is, in effect, the question of how relatively broad nonoperational goals are broken down into more specific and concrete operational goals and subgoals.—Lyman W. Porter et al.
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Apparently, hastening completion of the subgoal of grabbing a bucket made completion of the main goal seem closer at hand.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2016
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2016
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“Subgoal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subgoal. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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