[net.ai] Expert System Tools

Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA (07/02/84)

From:  Ken Laws <Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA>

Teknowledge (of Palo Alto) has released two software packages for
expert system builders.  M.1, at $12,500, is for those who want to
explore expert systems concepts on the IBM PC.  The price includes
a four-day training course for one person.  S.1 is for professional
knowledge engineers developing large-scale knowledge systems.  It
sells for $50,000, which includes a two-week training course for two
people, a sample system with detailed case history, and access to
Teknowledge's applications engineering services.  S.1 currently
runs on Xerox 1100 and 1108 workstations and is being ported to
VAX 11/750 and 11/780 under VMS.

                                        -- Ken Laws

matthews@usceast.UUCP (Manton Matthews) (10/11/84)

We, at the Department of Computer Science  of the University 
of South Carolina are interested in acquiring AI tools for construction
of knowledge bases and expert systems in general.
In particular we are interested in
(1)  Domain independent Knowledge Engineering tools (eg. EMYCIN)
(2)  Knowledge Representation language schemes such as KRL
and (3)  Natural language Processing schemes (eg. Klone, etc.)

We would appreciate any information on the availability, sources
and means of obtaining such systems.
Any information/suggestions may be mailed to either

Gautam Biswas 	        or 	Manton Matthews
akgua!usceast!biswas		akgua!usceast!matthews	

We will be glad to compile a list and post a summary of the responses.

gda@creare.uucp (gda) (06/27/85)

	I'm looking for feedback concerning any of the currently available
tools for building expert systems.  Does anyone have experience good or
bad using OPS5, S.1, M.1, M.1a, Timm-Pc, Rulemaster, KDS, EX-TRAN7, Expert-
Ease, or TEK-4404.  I need a system that allows calls to subroutines, and
has accesable hooks.  Would also like to correspond with other Expert
System designers.


			Phil Bowman
			Creare Inc.
			Hanover, NH
			{...dartvax!creare!pbb}