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AIList Digest Volume 6 Issue 069
AIList Digest Thursday, 14 Apr 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 69
Today's Topics:
Queries - Terminal Selection in Deep Diagnosis &
comp.ai vs. comp.ai.digest & VMS LISP &
Expert Systems in Clinical Psychology &
Qualitative Process Programs &
Test Engineering and AI & Functions in Expert Systems &
Exciting Work in AI & Fuzzy Logic &
Bibliography of Machine Learning & Kyoto Common Lisp
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Date: 11 Apr 88 20:34:11 GMT
From: techunix.BITNET!ameen@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ameen Abu_Hanna)
Subject: Heuristics for terminal selection in deep diagnosis
In model based troubleshooting, probing into the diagnosed
system to examine some terminal's output, is _one way_ to
discriminate between suspect components (competing hypothesis).
Clearly, *choosing* a "good" terminal/port for examination is
vital for efficiency. I need suggestions for heuristics to
estimate how "good" is a terminal examination (i.e. how
discriminatory power it might yield in case such a test
succeeds/fails).
The diagnosed system in my case is concerned about the
electrical/digital domain and modeled (structurally) by a
hierarchical representation where a component might be either a
primitive or a module consisting of other (sub)components.
Aspects like number of pins a chip has (more pins of a
suspected component raise probability of it's "failure belief",
hence an affected terminal by such component might be worth
considering), price of "observability" of the expected output at
some terminal, number of possible contributor suspect components
to the terminal, terminal accessibility etc. are some criteria to
be considered. Any suggestions ? (partial/conceptual ones are
welcomed).
Thanks,
Ameen Abu-Hanna,
Domain: ameen@techunix.technion.ac.il UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ameen@techunix.bitnet
BITNET: ameen@techunix ARPANET: ameen%techunix.bitnet@wiscvm.arpa
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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 88 08:38:07 PST
From: nakashim@russell.stanford.edu (Hideyuki Nakashima)
Reply-to: nakashim@russell.UUCP ()
Subject: What is the difference between comp.ai and comp.ai.digest?
I have difficulty in distinguishing comp.ai.digest from comp.ai.
What is the difference between these two?
--
Hideyuki Nakashima
CSLI and ETL
nakashima@csli.stanford.edu (until Aug. 1988)
nakashima%etl.jp@relay.cs.net (afterwards)
[Comp.ai is an unmoderated Usenet stream. I merge its contents
with messages from other networks to form the AIList digest.
I then post these other messages to comp.ai.digest so that
Usenet readers don't miss anything. -- KIL]
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Date: 1 Apr 88 15:41:01 GMT
From: ukma!nasa@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Eric T. Freeman)
Subject: VMS LISP
NOTE: The following is posted for a friend, you may respond to either his
address or mine, I will forward responses to him.
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WANTED--A public domain (or very inexpensive) copy of LISP for the VAX/VMS
(not Unix). Must have compiler. Must have someone to answer questions.
franz lisp would be fine. Send mail to jones@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thanks,
Tom Jones
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Eric Freeman
University of Kentucky Computer Science
nasa@g.ms.uky.edu
freeman@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 88 10:16:36 CDT
From: "Daniel J. Uetrecht"
<C0013%UMRVMB.BITNET@CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Expert systems in Clinical Psychology
I am doing research into the use of expert systems in clinical psychology.
Specifically, I am interested in the role expert systems can play in
DSM diagnosis of clinical disorders, related areas in education and
teaching diagnostic procedures, and current software offerings in these
areas. Can anyone point me to relevant sources of information? All
responses will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance....
Daniel J. Uetrecht
University of Missouri-Rolla
Acknowledge-To: <C0013@UMRVMB>
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Date: 4 Apr 88 19:20:42 GMT
From: jas@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Jeffrey A. Sullivan)
Subject: Qualitative Process Programs
I am interested in obtaining a current version of a program running
simulations using qualitative process theoretic modes of knowledge
representation. I have recently read a paper by Benjamin Kuipers in
which the system Q (a specialization of QSIM) is mentioned. I would
liek to get a pointer to Mr. Kuipers on the net or to anyone having
current versions of QPT programs.
I am also interested in references to articles where the limitations of QPT
are discussed.
--
..........................................................................
Jeffrey Sullivan | University of Pittsburgh
jas@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu | Intelligent Systems Studies Program
jasper@PittVMS.BITNET, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP | Graduate Student
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Date: 4 Apr 88 19:38:15 GMT
From: hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!rd1632!king@gatech.edu (James King)
Subject: Test Engineering and AI
I am looking for knowledgeable researchers involved in the application
of knowledge-based system (AI) approaches to test engineering. If
anyone knows of people involved in this field could you please let me
know.
Test engineering --> board level testing, platform level testing, IC's, etc.
I would appreciate any assistance.
Jim King
NCR Corporation
513-445-1090
j.a.king@dayton.ncr.com
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Date: 4 Apr 88 12:11:00 GMT
From: eliot.cs.uiuc.edu!riedesel@a.cs.uiuc.edu
Subject: functions in expert systems
I am interested in finding out the relative occurance
of simple statments, arithmetic operators, and arbitrary
functions in expert systems knowledge bases.
Specifically, what percentage of your expert system has
statements that are simple tests and assignments;
what percentage of statements use arithmetic operators
(e.g. +, -, *, etc.) to compute a value for an assignment;
and what percentage use arbitrary functions (e.g. external
LISP function calls)?
I am interested in understanding the importance of the
function in expert systems. From an analysis point of view
functions complicate expert systems quite a bit.
Please send replies to:
riedesel@aisunj.cs.uiuc.edu
thanks, Joel
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 88 09:50:06 EDT
From: reiter@harvard.harvard.edu (Ehud Reiter)
Subject: Exciting Work in AI
I was recently asked (by a psychology graduate student) if there was
any work being done in AI which was widely thought to be exciting and
pointing the way to further progress. Specifically, I was asked for work
which:
1) Was highly thought of by at least 50% of the researchers in
the field.
2) Was a positive contribution, not an analysis showing problems
in previous work.
3) Was in AI as narrowly defined (i.e. not in robotics or vision)
I must admit that I was (somewhat embarassingly) unable to think of
any such work. All the things I could think of which have people excited
(ranging from non-monotonic logic to connectionism) seemed controversial
enough so that they could not be said to have the support of half of all
active AI researchers.
Any suggestions? Please remember that I need things which are widely approved
of, not things which excite you personally.
Ehud Reiter
reiter@harvard.harvard.edu
reiter@harvard (BITNET,UUCP)
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 88 10:21 CDT
From: LMASON%MCOPN1%eg.ti.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: @ailist >> REQUEST FOR INFO OF FUZZY LOGIC
This month's IEEE Computer magazine has an article by Lofti Zadeh on Fuzzy
Logic. He mentions two of the 'several' expert system shells based on fuzzy
logic as Reveal and Flops. Does anyone has experience with either of these
or know of other available systems?
Thanks in advance,
Larry Mason
lmason%mcopn1%ti-eg@csnet-relay.arpa
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Date: 6 Apr 88 13:47:37 GMT
From: stefan@gmu90x.gmu.edu (Pawel Stefanski)
Subject: Bibliography of Machine Learning Research.
Together with K. Bridgeman and P. Scarbrough we are preparing the update
to the bibliography of machine learning research 1984-1988. We have
examined all major sources, like proceedings of IJCAI,AAAI,ML Workshops
etc. It is still possible, however, that some important work was
omitted, either because it was published somewhere else, or unpublished
at all. Therefore, I will appreciate, if an author of such a work
send me short info about it (or possibly, article) asap.
The detailed list of all examined sources follows.
Thanks in advance, and send info to: stefan@gmu90x.gmu.edu.
List of examined sources:
Proceedings of IJCAI 85,87
Proceedings of AAAI 84,86,87
Proceedings of Int.Conf.Genetic Algorithms 85,87.
Proceedings of the ACM SIGART Int.Symp. on Methodologies for Intell.
Systems 86
MLJournal 84-87
Artificial Intelligence 84-87
AI Magazine 84-87
IEEE Trans. on Patt.Anal.and Mach.Intell. 84-87
IEEE Trans. on Systems,Man and Cyber. 84-87
IEEE Expert 84-87
MLWorkshop 85 Rutgers, 87 Irvine.
Proceed. of Europeean Work.Sess. on Learning Bred, Yygosl. 87
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Date: 7 Apr 88 07:10:11 GMT
From: mcvax!unido!laura!atoenne@uunet.uu.net (Andreas Toenne)
Subject: Kyoto Common Lisp
Someone posted an article about Kyoto Common Lisp about a year ago.
How much does it cost (I think there was a handling charge only) ?
Where can I get a tape/streamer copy ?
Are there other *cheap* full Common Lisp implementations ?
Thanks in advance,
Andreas Toenne
atoenne@unido.uucp
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