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AIList Digest Volume 4 Issue 105
AIList Digest Tuesday, 29 Apr 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 105
Today's Topics:
Queries - Rapid Prototyping and Exploratory Programming &
Animal Behavior Simulation & Expert System in Simulation &
Prolog from Simtel20 & Survey of IBM-PC Expert Systems,
AI Tools - Expert System Software for MS-DOS,
Conference - Long Beach AI Conference,
Reports - Sources,
Networks - New Net Address Syntax,
Law & Linguistics - Trademarks
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Date: 24 Apr 86 13:29:29 GMT
From: ucdavis!lll-lcc!lll-crg!caip!seismo!umcp-cs!aplcen!jhunix!ins_amrh
@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Martin R. Hall)
Subject: Rapid Prototyping & Exploratory Programming
The division here is building a Software Engineering Practices Manual,
and has been debating how to relate standards for conventional software
to Knowledge Based and other AI systems.
Could anyone point us to some articles that directly reference the ideas
of rapid prototyping and exploratory programming; pre-design and
mid-design experimental programming as a methodology in building
applied AI systems.
Thanks!
-Marty Hall
Arpa (preferred) hall@hopkins
CSnet hall.hopkins@csnet-relay
UUCP seismo!umcp-cs!jhunix!ins_amrh
allegra!hopkins!jhunix!ins_amrh
AT&T (301) 682-0917
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Date: 24 Apr 86 21:50:09 GMT
From: ucdavis!lll-lcc!lll-crg!seismo!ll-xn!mit-amt!bc@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
(William H Coderre)
Subject: Query: Animal Behavior Simulation using rules
I am doing my bachelor's thesis here at MIT on simulating animal behavior
using rule-driven systems.
The aim is to develop a package that grade- and high-school students will
use to investigate behavior, similar to the commercial packages RobotWars,
ChipWits, and Rocky's Boots.
Does anyone care to recommend references that might be helpful?
Please reply direct to me and I will post a complete list as the demand
warrants.
"Biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface"....................bc
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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 86 14:20:45 est
From: munnari!csadfa.cs.adfa.oz!gyp@seismo.CSS.GOV (Patrick Tang)
Subject: Expert System in Simulation Model
Does anyone out there ever come across literature which
discribe the design and implementation of "Artificial
Intelligence" or "Expert System" in military simulation
model, in particular Army Wargaming Simulation.
I would appreciate it very much if you could let me
know where I could get hold of those material. (Unclassified
one, Of Course !!).
Thanks a million.
Tang Guan Yaw/PatricK ISD: +61 62 68 8170
Dept. Computer Science STD: (062) 68 8170
University College ACSNET: gyp@csadfa.oz
Uni. New South Wales UUCP: ...!seismo!munnari!csadfa.oz!gyp or
Aust. Defence Force Academy ...!{decvax,pesnta,vax135}!mulga!csadfa.oz!gyp
Canberra. ACT. 2600. ARPA: gyp%csadfa.oz@SEISMO.ARPA
AUSTRALIA CSNET: gyp@csadfa.oz
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Date: 24 Apr 86 20:26:27 GMT
From: cbosgd!oucs!joe@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Joseph Judge)
Subject: Prolog from Simtel20
I remember seeing a posting recently about prolog available from
Simtel20 thru an FTP. As I cannot FTP, is it possible to get this prolog
from a kind soul out there in NetLandia ??
From the friendly systems administrator,
Joseph Judge
ihnp4!{amc1,cbdkc1,cbosgd,cuuxb,}!oucs!joe
Nur mit dir.
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 86 17:42:01+0900
From: Sangki Han <skhan%cskaist%kaist.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>
Subject: Survey of IBM-PC Expert Systems
We are searching for the commercial expert systems on IBM-PCs.
We want to know the application areas, prices, and vendors. If you send
responses, I'll accumulate and repost them on net.
Thanks in advance.
Sangki Han
Department of Computer Science
KAIST, P. O. Box, 150
Chongryang, Seoul 131
Korea
skhan%cskaist@kaist (Csnet)
..!seismo!kaist!cskaist!skhan (uucp)
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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 86 05:08:15 EST
From: ihnp4!lzaz!psc@seismo.CSS.GOV
Subject: Expert system software for MS-DOS
[Forwarded from the IBMPC bboard by Paul Fishwick <Fishwick@UPenn>
and Tim Finin <Tim%upenn.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>]
Here's the promised list of expert systems for MS-DOS based personal
computers. The language name in brackets usually indicates what
languages you can can use for special purpose routines that work with
the system. (Sometimes, it may just be the language the expert system
was written in.) I threw in Prolog processors for grins (I suspect
Borland's going to make that a much bigger field!)
The names, addresses, phone numbers, and especially prices are not
guaranteed to be free from typos, line noise, or obsolecence. I have
no experience or further information on any of these packages; don't
call me, call the company. On the other hand, if *you* have used any
of these systems, please drop me a line; I'll be happy to summarize
and repost. I'd also like to hear of any products I'd forgotten, or
any errata to my list.
Aion Development System: expert system, $7000
Aion
101 University Ave., 4th floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301
415-328-9595
Arity Expert System Development Package: expert system, $295
Arity Standard Prolog: AI language, $95
Arity Prolog Interpreter V4: AI language, $350
Arity Prolog Compiler & Interpreter V4: AI language, $795
Arity Corp
358 Baker Ave.
Concord, MA 01742
617-371-1243
OPS5+: expert system [C]
Artelligence, Inc.
14902 Preston Rd., suite 212-252
Dallas, TX 75240
214-437-0361
A.D.A Educational Prolog: AI language, $29.95
VML Prolog: AI language, $300
Automata Design Associates
1570 Arran Way
Dresher, PA 19025
215-646-4894
Turbo Prolog: AI language, $99.95
Borland International
4585 Scotts Valley Dr.
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
408-438-8400
Xsys: expert system [Lisp], $995
California Intelligence
912 Powell St. #8
San Fransisco, CA 94108
415-391-4846
Prolog V: AI language, $69.95/$99.95
Chalcedony Software, Inc.
5580 La Jolla Blvd, Suite 126B
La Jolla, CA 92037
617-483-8513
ES/P Advisor: expert system [Prolog], $895
Prolog-1: AI language, $395
Prolog-2 Interpreter and Compiler: AI Language, $1895
Expert Systems International
1150 First Ave.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
215-337-2300
Xi: expert system, $795
Expertech
Expertech House, 172 Bath Rd.
Slough, Berks SLI 3XE, ENGLAND
0753-821321; USA, 415-367-6264 or 617-470-2267
Exsys 3.0: expert system [C], $395
Exsys Inc.
PO Box 75158, Contract Sta. 14
Albuquerque, NM 87194
505-836-6676
TIMM-PC: expert system [Fortran 77], $9500
General Research
7655 Old Spring House Rd.
McLean, VA 22102
703-893-5900
Expert Ease: expert system [UCSD Pascal], $695
Expert Edge: expert system, $795
Human Edge Software
2445 Faber Pl.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
CA: 800-824-7325, elsewhere: 800-624-5227
Knowol: expert system, $39.95
Intelligent Machines Co.
3813 N. 14th St.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-528-9136
KEE: expert system
IntelliCorp
1975 El Camino Real W.
Mountain View, CA 94040
415-965-5500
Experteach: expert system [Lisp, Prolog, Pascal, dBase II], $475
Intelliware, Inc.
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 401
Marina del Rey, CA 90291
213-305-9391
Ex-Tran: expert system, $3000
Jeffrey Perrone & Associates
415-431-9562
KDS: expert system [assembler], $795 (development), $150 (playback)
KDS II: expert system, $945
KDS Corp.
934 Hunter Rd.
Wilmette, IL 60091
312-251-2621
Trouble Shooter: expert system, $250
Kepner-Tregoe
609-921-2806
Insight: expert system [Turbo Pascal], $95/$485
Level 5 Research
4980 S A1A
Melbourne Beach, FL 32751
(moved to 503 Fifth Ave., Suite 201, Indiatlantic, FL 32903?)
305-729-9046
Daisy: expert system [muLisp-85]
Lithp Systems BV
Meervalweg 72
1121 JP Landsmeer
The Netherlands
Micro-Prolog: AI language, $395
Logic Programming Associates
31 Crescent Drive
Milford, CT 06460
203-872-7988
MProlog: AI language, $725
Logicware, Inc.
5000 Birch St., West Tower, suite 3000
Newport Beach, CA 92660
416-665-0022
(70 Walnut St.
Wellesley, MA 02181
617-237-2254?)
Reveal: expert system
McDonnell Douglas
Knowledge Engineering Products Division
20705 Valley Green Dr.
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-446-7406
MicroExpert: expert system [Turbo Pascal/Apple Pascal], $49.95
McGraw-Hill
PO Box 400
Hightstown, NJ 08520
or 1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
NY: 212-512-2999, elsewhere 800-628-0004
Guru: integrated software with expert system, $3000
Micro Data Base Systems
PO Box 248
Lafayette, IN 47902
317-463-2581
Expert: expert system [Forth], $100
Mountain View Press
PO Box 4656
Mountain View, CA 94040
415-961-4103
XLISP: AI language, $6 (disk 148)
Expert System of Steel: expert system, $6 (disk 268)
Esie: expert system, $6 (disk 398)
Prolog: AI language, $6 (disk 405)
PC-SIG
1030 E. Duane Ave, Suite J
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
408-730-9291; CA 800-235-6647, elsewhere 800-235-6646
OPS83: expert system [C]
Production Systems Technologies, Inc.
642 Gettysburg St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-362-3117
Micro-Prolog Professional: AI Language?, $395
Programming Logic Systems
203-877-7988
1st-Class: expert system, $20/$495
Programs in Motion, Inc.
10 Sycamore Rd.
Wayland, MA 01778
617-653-5093
Rulemaster: expert system, $995
Radian Corp.
8501 Mo-Pac Blvd.
PO Box 9948
Austin, TX 78766
512-454-4797
Small-X: expert system, $125/$225
RK Software
PO Box 2085
West Chester, PA 19380
215-436-4570
Savvy PC: expert system, $139
Savvy
505-265-1273
Knowledge Engineering System II: expert system [C], $4000
Software Achitecture & Engineering
1500 Wilson Blvd., suite 800
Arlington, VA 22209
(703)276-7910
Wizdom: expert system, $1250/$2050
Software Intelligence Lab
1593 Locust Ave.
Bohemia, NY 11716
212-747-9066/516-589-1676
Xper: expert system, $95
Softway
415-397-4666
Prolog-86: AI language, $125
Solution Systems
335-P Washington St.
Norwell, MA 02061
617-659-1571
Microdyn: expert system, $300
Stochos
518-372-5426
M1: expert system [Prolog], $5000
KS-300: expert system
Teknowledge Inc.
525 University Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
415-327-6640
Personal Consultant: expert systems [IQ Lisp], $950
Personal Consultant Plus: expert systems [IQ Lisp], $2950
Texas Instruments
PO Box 80963
Dallas, TX 75380-9063
800-527-3500
Class
Texpert Systems, Inc.
12607 Aste
Houston, TX 77065
713-469-4068
-Paul S. R. Chisholm, UUCP {ihnp4,cbosgd,pegasus,mtgzz}!lznv!psc
AT&T Mail !psrchisholm, Internet mtgzz!lznv!psc@topaz.rutgers.edu
The above opinions may not be shared by any telecomm company.
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Date: Thu 24 Apr 86 17:09:32-CST
From: CMP.BARC@R20.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject: Re: Long Beach AI Conference
The conference to which Girish Kumthekar alluded is presumably
AI 1986
AI & Advanced Computer Tecnology Conference & Exhibition
April 29 - May 1, 1986
Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, CA
There are sessions on Strategic Defense, Medicine, Office Automation, Printing/
Publishing, Expert Systems, Image Processing, Automated Guided Vehicles,
Knowledge Information Processing Systems, Microcomputers, Machine Translation,
The Investment Community, Engineering Design, Automated Manufacturing Systems,
Banking/Finance, Cognitive Modeling, Business, Aerospace, Speech Processing,
AI Languages, Graphics and User Interface, Expert System Development Systems,
Natural Language Interfaces and Training. There are three tutorials, *An
Executive Primer to AI*, *Understanding Expert Systems* and *Understanding
Natural Languages* (the first of which is on April 28). Finally, there is a
workshop on expert systems for manufacturing and process engineers, and about
75 exhibitors.
It's too late for pre-registration, of course, but additional information can
be obtained from
Tower Conference Management Co.
331 W. Wesley St.
Wheaton, IL 60187
(312) 668-8100 Telex: 350427
I have no connection with this conference, other than being on their mailing
list.
Dallas Webster
Burroughs Austin Research Center
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Date: 25 Apr 86 10:11:14 +1000 (Fri)
From: "ERIC Y.H. TSUI" <decvax!mulga!aragorn.oz!eric@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Subject: Reply to Daniel Davison
In article <12199933765.28.DAVISON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> DAVISON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA
(Daniel Davison) writes:
>
>There were several technical reports mentioned in a recent AIlist that I'd
>like to get...but I don't know how. Would some kind soul send me a note
To Louisiana State University (LSU):
cindy@lsu.csnet
decvax!ihnp4!cmucspt!avie
I have received quite a few reports from LSU (by post) using the above address.
Eric Tsui eric@aragorn.oz
[AIList ran an extensive list of report sources during the first
year, mostly taken from the SIGART Newsletter. I can send reprints
on request, but see the next message. -- KIL]
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Date: WED, 20 apr 86 17:02:23 CDT
From: E1AR0002%SMUVM1.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: Sources for Technical Reports
Here are the report sources Daniel Davison requested:
LSU
Requests for copies should be addressed to cindy hathaway, technical reports
secretary, computer science department, louisiana state university,
baton rouge, louisiana 70803; or cindy@lsu on csnet.
CMU
Technical reports are available from
Information Services
The Robotics Institute
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
or
Serviou@H.CS.CMU.EDU
Please direct such requests to me instead of AILIST.
[Lawrence Leff maintains a distribution service for abstracts and
reports. He is also the source of the BIB-formatted bibliographies
AIList carried a few weeks ago. -- KIL]
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Date: Thu 24 Apr 86 09:12:47-PST
From: Mark Richer <RICHER@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
Subject: Net addresses
Eswaran, [AIList, AI-ED] :
A lot of us on the arpanet now seem to have at least two equivalent addresses,
either ending in .arpa or .edu. The latter form, .edu, is the newer one.
In your message to AIList you listed your address as
eswaran@h.cs.cmu.edu.arpa.
[It is improper and ineffective to use both, and any mailer which
constructs such a path name should be fixed. I believe the CMU
mailer that had this problem was fixed a couple of months ago. -- KIL]
Without thinking, I typed the address in like that in the TO field of
my mail program which rejected the host name. It wasn't immediately
obvious to me what was wrong, so I thought I'd bring this type of
problem to everyone's attention because it's bound to come up again.
mark
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Date: 24 Apr 1986 15:06:36-EST
From: kushnier@NADC
Subject: Re: Compuscan
Dear John,
With reference to the verb "to XEROX", I will remain forever humbled under
the mighty name of your company, and will never again be so bold as to use
it as a part of speech. By the way, the typed originals were COPIED once on
a XEROX Model 1048. Would you like to comment on why the Compuscan Page
Reader had so much trouble?
Ron Kushnier
kushnier@nadc.arpa
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Date: 24 APR 86 15:07-N
From: DESMEDT%HNYKUN52.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: do not "xerox" this message
Reply to the person from Xerox objecting to the use of the verb "xerox":
In your recent contribution to Ailist-Digest, you object to the use of
the word "xerox" as a verb (and in lowercase). Your argument seems to be
that Xerox Corp. makes more office equipment than just copiers, and that
the verb "xerox" could therefore be ambiguous. Moreover, if "xerox"
stands for copying on just any copier, the word doesn't quite cover its
original meaning.
Although I tend to avoid the use of trade marks for generic concepts, I
would like to point out that one can take different stands with respect
to linguistic rules vs. linguistic creativity, and you might be arguing
from the wrong stand.
One view of language is "prescriptive linguistics": to see the rules as
laws that one individual or group of individuals tries to impose on
others.
Another view is "descriptive linguistics": to see the rules as something
that defines what is generally agreed upon by a linguistic community.
As an individual, you seem to defend a rule that from the original
meaning of "photocopy on Xerox equipment", the verb "xerox" can be
extended only to "process on any Xerox equipment". You're taking a
prescriptive viewpoint there, and it's not going to work, because the
linguistic community has already decided long ago that "xerox" means
"photocopy on any copier".
Once the majority of a linguistic community has agreed upon a change, it
is usually hard or impossible to undo that change, even if your arguments
against it are well motivated. Therefore I want to discourage you from
taking a prescriptive viewpoint, and advise you to go by the majority, or
at least, not to pretend you don't understand what "xerox" means for the
majority.
The use of the word "xerox" is not an isolated case. Some more examples?
In Belgium, most people use the word "bic" to mean "any ballpoint pen".
The fact that Bic now also makes disposable rasors and lighters does not
affect this use at all. If I ask any Belgian "do you have a bic I can
use?" nobody will think I mean a rasor or a lighter. Same holds for
"kodak", which means "any camera". If I ask any Belgian whether he owns a
kodak and he doesn't own a camera, he will probably answer "no" even if
he has a Kodak copier back in his office (on which his secretary is
xeroxing his documents).
The use of a trade name for a more generic concept is a particular case
of metonymy, and instead of crusading against it, the subscribers of this
newsletter would probably be more interested in a computer simulation of
metonymic processes to see whether it is able to come up with "xerox" in
the way criticized by you.
Koenraad De Smedt
Psychological Lab.
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands
[Personal preferences and customary usage aside, the laws relating
to trademark usage are fairly clear; Xerox must insist on proper
use of their name or they will lose the right to use it. -- KIL]
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