[mod.ai] Spang Robinson Report Summary

leff%smu@RELAY.CS.NET (11/20/86)

Spang Robinson Report, November 1986 Vol 2, No 11

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Discussion of AI Applications to Manufacturing

Carnegie Group has 90 percent of their toolkit
sales and 100- per cent of their custom contracts
from manufacturing clients.  A spin off from Composition Systems is
selling tools to manufacturing customers.  (Composition Systems
sells an expert system for newspaper layout [LEFF])

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has formed an AI in Manufacturing
Advisory Committee (contact Michael Tew 313 271-1500).

Allen Bradley will have "knowledge base technologies" in their line
of factory controllers.

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Software Review of Knowledge Craft

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California Intelligence is selling products that add frame and blackboard
facilities to EXSYS, FRAME and TABLET respectively.
They can also be used with other AI tools and even to mix AI tools
with other applications.  TABLET also allows the addition of variables
to expert systems that do not have them.  FRAME will call an outside
program when the value of the slot is needed.

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Other Material:

Nihol Life, Japan, is developing an expert system that will assess the
insurability of people with various medical conditions.

Boeing has a Knowledge-Based System Center in Japan that provides info
to various companies operating in Japanese, both American and Japan

Fujitsu is including an expert system to help choose algorithms
for image processing with its general purpose image processing system.

Fujitsu will be selling an AI tool for its 68010 based engineering work
station.

Intellicorp will be entering the Japanese market on its own when its
contract with CSK expires this November.

SRI Cambridge will be organizing a multi-million dollar natural
language effort in England.


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BOOKs Reviewed

Portraits of Success: Impressions of Silicon Valley by Carolyn Caddes
On Machine Intelligence by Donald Michie