ShriverBD%usl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (03/30/84)
From: Bruce Shriver <ShriverBD%usl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>
I would like to be referred to either one or two seminal papers or one or
two highly qualified persons in the following areas (if you send me the
name of an individual, the person's address and phone number would also
be greatly appreciated):
1. Tutorial or survey papers on logic programming, particularly those
dealing with several different language approaches.
2. Reusable Software (please give references other than the Proceedings
of the Workshop on Reuseability in Programming which was held in
Newport, RI last September).
3. Your favorite formal specification technique that can be applied to
large scale, complex systems. Examples demonstrating the completeness
and consistency of a set of specifications for real systems.
4. Integrated programming environments such as Cedar and Spice versus
the Ada-style environments (APSEs, etc.). Discussions on the
relative merits of these two kinds of environments.
5. Knowledge Based System Architectures (i.e., support of knowledge
based systems from both the hardware and software point of view).
Knowledge representation and its hardware/software implications.
The relationship between "knowledge bases" and "data bases" and
the relationship between knowledge base systems and data base
systems.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration in this matter. I
appreciate your help: Bruce D. Shriver
Computer Science Department
University of Southwestern Louisiana
P. O. Box 44330
Lafayette, LA 70504
(318) 231-6606
shriver.usl@rand-relayprem@eagle.UUCP (Swami Devanbu) (02/04/85)
I keep getting asked by people, (once they know what I do for a living)
if I know of any books/articles on AI for the common person. Is anyone
aware of articles in the popular press (Omni, Scientific American,
Scince 84) that would be a good general introduction to the field of
AI, Expert Systems etc etc.
Any pointers gratefully accepted.
{ihnp4,allegra,ucbvax,decvax,vax135}!eagle!premkellym@iddic.UUCP (Kelly McArthur) (02/14/85)
In article <1239@eagle.UUCP> prem@eagle.UUCP (Swami Devanbu) writes: > >I keep getting asked by people, (once they know what I do for a living) >if I know of any books/articles on AI for the common person. Is anyone >aware of articles in the popular press (Omni, Scientific American, >Scince 84) that would be a good general introduction to the field of >AI, Expert Systems etc etc. > > >Any pointers gratefully accepted. > > > >{ihnp4,allegra,ucbvax,decvax,vax135}!eagle!prem I am currently reading a book that came highly recomended to me entitled: "The Fifth Generation-- Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Challenge to the World" by Edward A. Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck Available in a recently revised paperback edition, this book presents an introduction to many aspects of AI geared very much to the layman. It also provides definitive explanations of much of the terminology associated with this area and traces some of the history of AI research in this and other countries. As one can tell by the title however, this book is also concerned with the large scale effort on the part of the Japanese government and industry to "out-innovate" the rest of the world (namely the US) through the development of a "Fifth Generation" of computer technology involving AI and Knowlege-based systems. It is the contention of the authors that this represents a tremendous economic threat to American Industry in general, owing to the notion that national affluence in the upcomming "Information Age" will have less to do with capital and rely more heavily on knowlege and expert-system resources. I would be most interested in knowing how people working in the field of AI research feel about this percieved threat (particulary anyone who has also had a chance to read Feigenbaum's book) and whether they agree with the authors that unless we rise to the Japanese challenge we may "consign our nation to the role of the first great postindustrial agrarian society". Kelly McArthur Information Display Division Wilsonville, Oregon (503) 685-4536 tektronix!iddic!kellym