Means/Ends Analysis Definition/Meaning:  

A technique used in artificial intelligence for forming plans to achieve goals. A plan consists of a sequence of actions. The sequence is put together by comparing the goals that each action achieves (the means) with the goals that must be achieved (the ends).

Near by Terms: Means/Ends Analysis Mechanical Verifier Medium Memory Memory Compaction (Bock compaction) Memory Cycle Memory Data Register (MDH) Memory Dump Memory Element Memory Fill Memory Guard Memory Hierarchy       Memory Management Memory Map         Memory Mapping          Memory Protection Memory Reference Instruction Memory-to-Memory Instruction Menu Mergeable Heap Merge Exchange Sort Message Message Authenticates Message Queueing Message Switching Meta-Assembler Metacompiler Metalanguage