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AIList Digest Volume 6 Issue 084
AIList Digest Saturday, 30 Apr 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 84
Today's Topics:
Queries - Design Methods to Develop Rule-Based Expert Systems &
Simulation & Bacon & Decision Theory & Designing for Diagnosis &
Lisp Machines Mailing List & Construction Industry &
Causal Models and Diagnosis & CMU Sidewalk Rover &
Software Engineering & AI Courses & ES for Graphic Design &
Chinese Character Recognition
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Date: 25 Apr 88 13:52 +0100
From: fred moerman <f_moerman%avh.unit.uninett@TOR.nta.no>
Subject: Design Methods to Develop Rule-Based Expert Systems
I try to develop a few simple examples to illustrate the use of
expert-systems to our students.
The point is that in contrary to programming and system design,
I lack general purpose tools and methodes to design my rulebase.
I'm not necessarily looking for theory, I want a usefull, practical
methode that both me and our students can use at an early stage in
the development of a rulebased expertsystem.
Is there someone out there that can help me ?
Thanks,
Fred Moerman
f_moerman%avh.unit.uninett@tor.nta.no
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Date: 25 Apr 88 10:33:00 CST
From: "Perry Alexander" <alexander@space-tech.arpa>
Reply-to: "Perry Alexander" <alexander@space-tech.arpa>
Subject: Looking for simulation papers...
Can anyone give me any pointers towards papers in the area of using expert
systems in simulation? I am specifically looking for ideas concerning using an
expert system to manage data and choose simulation techniques for a given
system, although any papers concerning the use of expert systems (for that
matter, AI in general) in simulation would be helpful.
Thanks,
Perry
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 09:07:52 EST
From: Kevin Barnhill <KEVIN%UCF1VM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Re: In search of Bacon
I am searching for a source of the Bacon programs (.1 - .7) by Langley and
Simon. We would like to run Bacon against large amounts of imperical data
that we now have. Thank you in advance.
Kevin Barnhill
University of Central Florida
Barnhill%UCF1VM.bitnet@wiscvm.arpa
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1988 12:28-EDT
From: Oren.Etzioni@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Decision Theory in AI.
I would be grateful for references on the use of ideas from decision theory
in AI theories/programs.
oren
(ETZI@CS.CMU.EDU)
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 88 15:03:53 edt
From: nancy@grasp.cis.upenn.edu (Nancy Orlando)
Subject: Designing for diagnosis
I'm aware of some very good work done lately in diagnosis of
physical systems. I wonder tho', has anything been done in
*designing* systems to be diagnosed/monitored by intelligent
systems? Or is this a problem that's been solved by engineers long ago?
Nancy Sliwa
nesliwa%nasamail@ames.arpa
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Date: 25 Apr 88 20:44:14 GMT
From: mendozag@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Grado)
Subject: Lisp Machines Mailing List
Are there any mailing lists concerned with the Symbolics
Lisp Machines?
I remember I read about one in the Arpanet some time ago.
Thanks in advance,
Victor M. Mendoza-Grado
School of EE, Box 62
Purdue University
W. Lafayette, IN 47907
mendozag@ecn.purdue.edu
[The Symbolics Users Group is SLUG@R20.UTEXAS.EDU. -- KIL]
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Date: 25 Apr 88 11:25:04 GMT
From: mcvax!tnosel!hin@uunet.uu.net (Hin Oey)
Subject: construction industry
L.S.
I am wondering if there is enough interest in a mailing list
concerning applications and research programs directed
towards AI and Expert Systems for the Building/Construction
industry.
And combined with above or more general for applications
concerning law, codes of practice and regulations.
If you are interested, please email.
Regards,
Hin Oey (hin@tnosel) Netherlands
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 10:26-0800
From: LRMC5128%BCIT.BITNET@CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Causal Models and Diagnosis
To: AILIST00--$STRIPE. ailist/
From: Craig Larman
Subject: Causal Models and Diagnosis
This is my first note - hope it gets through OK.
The IntelliCorp (KEE) folks talk enthusiastically about "model based
reasoning". They describe this as building a "causal model" of a system (e.g.
a gas engine, a liver) and then extending it for various needs (simulation,
diagnosis, training).
As a programmer, I am interested in programming/technical answers or
programming references to these questions:
1. I think of a software "causal model" as defining relationships between
components and their dependant inputs/outputs. Is this it? What programming
hints or references can folks suggest that will help me learn to build such
models? SMALLTALK, LISP, or PROLOG are the preferred languages.
2. Assume I've built a causal model, HOW to build a DIAGNOSIS system from it?
I can see simulation follows naturally, but how diagnosis?
e-mail address: LRMC5128@BCIT on the NetNorth network (the Canadian arm
of BitNet).
Virtually,
Craig Larman, 432-8629
MIS/Development Centre
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 19:39:38 PDT
From: John B. Nagle <jbn@glacier.stanford.edu>
Subject: Need info on new CMU sidewalk rover
I hear that CMU has a new autonomous vehicle, a sidewalk rover
like the Terregator, but improved. Who is doing the work, and are there
any papers yet?
John Nagle
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 88 09:06:01 EDT
From: CMSBE1%EOVUOV11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: S.E. VS. K.E.: bad focussed title, I think...
Date: 28 April 1988, 09:02:38 EDT
From: Juan Francisco Suarez Vicente (KIKO) CMSBE1 at EOVUOV11
To: AILIST at SRI
Hello !!!
I've received few answers about "Software Eng. VS. Knowledge Eng.", and
I'm agree with you. The problem I'd submitted to AILIST was because
a few months ago was presented in Spain a Conference with this title,
and my opinion was (and still follows being ) against this viewpoint.
Spain is an absolute beginner country in AI and K.E. subjects and,
how I suposse ocurred in other countries,some people tried to demonstrate
that AI techniques and K.E. techniques are "pure invention" and they
preferred attack AI than auto-critize their own methods.
My personal opinion: I'm agree with K.E. methodologies, and I'd like
give "good performance" reasons to its detractors, to demonstrate
them that Knowledge Engineering is not a "pure invention"...it's real
and very useful !!!!
And also I think that K.E. and Soft. Eng. can survive in a perfect
symbiosis.Cause of this,"VERSUS" isn't an appropiate word to relate them.
There are some conectives more suitables: WITH, AND, etc...
Do you think the same?
Kiko (CMSBE1@EOVUOV11) SPAIN
P.S.: Ahh...thank you too for answers about O-O techniques...
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 88 19:09:25 HOE
From: Esteban Vegas Lozano <ZCCBEVL%EB0UB011.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Information of courses
I would acknowledge to receive someone information (course program,
place, admission date, duration, financial aid, ......) relating a cours
in general o summer courses in special, about of the following subjets:
- Artificial Intelligence & Biology.
- Cybernetics & Biology.
- Computers & Biology.
All message or mail about this note should be sent to
<ZCCBEVL@EB0UB011.BITNET> for electronic mail.
My address is:
Esteban Vegas Lozano
Centre d'Informatica de l'Universitat de Barcelona
Diagonal 645.
08028-Barcelona, Spain.
Thanks for the help.
Esteban
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Date: 29 Apr 88 02:52:59 GMT
From: sunybcs!dmark@boulder.colorado.edu (David Mark)
Subject: Re: expert systems for graphic design?
In article <1027@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> gilbert@cs.glasgow.ac.uk
(Gilbert\ Cockton) writes:
(in response to my earlier posting)
(several useful references deleted)
>These measures covered are useful, but very crude. Graphic designers
>are not ones for writing things down, nor can I see them rushing to
>have their knowledge elicited by production rule hackers. It is far
>more efficient to find a NUMBER of graphic designers locally and ask
>them to evaluate your display layouts. Then use your judgement to
>decide on which advice to take.
It is my opinion that the content and components of maps in a geographic
information systems (GIS) application vary so much that we cannot have
"our layouts" to be evaluated by expert designers. Does anyone know of work
which confirms or contradicts this, or knowledge of a graphics domain
as complicated and variable as map production that has been 'solved' in a
design sense?
David M. Mark, Professor of Geography
dmark@joey.cs.buffalo.edu
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Date: 27 Apr 88 21:45:15 GMT
From: hubcap!cchang@gatech.edu (Chin Hui Chang)
Subject: Re: how to recognize a chinese character
In article <527@vmucnam.UUCP>, daniel@vmucnam.UUCP (Daniel Lippmann) writes:
> is there anybody knowing some computer-method to analize
> a chinese character to find his place in a dictionnary ?
Please post answers to this. Better still, would Mr. Lippmann
compile all the responses he has received via e-mail and post
the collection?
--Zhang Jinhui
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Date: 25 Apr 88 18:14:01 GMT
From: mcvax!inria!vmucnam!daniel@uunet.uu.net (Daniel Lippmann)
Subject: how to recognize a chinese character
is there anybody knowing some computer-method to analize
a chinese character to find his place in a dictionnary ?
There are at least 2 problems/
- how to input the character ? by a graphical mean, with a
system of question-answer to describe it,.....
-once inputed, how to analize it to find the page or set of pages
where is translation can be found ? counting the number of strokes,
identifying a key, using the 4 corners method,...
The problem to solve is : given an unknown characer how to determine
its rank in a dictionnary from its graphical aspect.
daniel (post or mail to ...!seismo!mcvax!inria!vmucnam!daniel)
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