ahlenius@cell.mot.COM (Mark Ahlenius) (11/21/89)
I am interested in finding out more information about constraint satisfaction systems. In particular the Babylon system that is mentioned in a research thesis called CONSAT. Does anyone have any information about this system, like if its in the PD or if its a purchased tool or whatever? I believe it was originally on a Symbolics platform. I would also like to find out what platforms it is available on. thanks in advance 'mark
thomas@gmdzi.UUCP (Thomas Gordon) (11/22/89)
From article <420@granite3.UUCP>, by ahlenius@cell.mot.COM (Mark Ahlenius): > I am interested in finding out more information about constraint > satisfaction systems. In particular the Babylon system that > is mentioned in a research thesis called CONSAT. Does anyone > have any information about this system, like if its in the PD > or if its a purchased tool or whatever? I believe it was > originally on a Symbolics platform. I would also like to > find out what platforms it is available on. > Hans-Werner Guesgen's PhD thesis on CONSAT has been published as a monograph. I believe the publisher is Prentice-Hall. (I just saw an advertisement blurb yesterday but, sigh, no longer have it.) There is also a book about Babylon, the expert systems toolkit (or "workbench") developed here at the GMD. It was published, in German, by Addison-Wesley this year. An English translation is in the works, but I am not quite sure when it is expected to be available. Babylon runs on a variety of operating system and hardware platforms, including Symbolics, Macintoshes, Suns (and other Unix workstations) and, I believe, PC compatibles. Tom Gordon -- Thomas F. Gordon email: thomas@gmdzi.uucp GMD / F3 phone: (+49 2241) 14-2665 Schloss Birlinghoven D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRG
guesgen@icsia1.berkeley.edu (Hans-Werner Guesgen) (11/22/89)
In article <1712@gmdzi.UUCP> thomas@gmdzi.UUCP (Thomas Gordon) writes: >Hans-Werner Guesgen's PhD thesis on CONSAT has been published as a monograph. I >believe the publisher is Prentice-Hall. (I just saw an advertisement >blurb yesterday but, sigh, no longer have it.) >... >... Almost right, Tom. Actually, my thesis has been published in the series "Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence" by Morgan Kaufmann/San Mateo, California and Pitman/London, England. It should be available in the bookstores by now (or will be soon). Hans --- Hans Werner Guesgen email: guesgen@icsi.Berkeley.EDU International Computer Science Institute 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
usc@gmdzi.UUCP (Uwe Schnepf) (11/23/89)
In article <420@granite3.UUCP>, ahlenius@cell.mot.COM (Mark Ahlenius) writes: > I am interested in finding out more information about constraint > satisfaction systems. In particular the Babylon system that > is mentioned in a research thesis called CONSAT. Does anyone > have any information about this system, like if its in the PD > or if its a purchased tool or whatever? I believe it was > originally on a Symbolics platform. I would also like to > find out what platforms it is available on. > > thanks in advance > > 'mark Tom Gordon did not know when the English handbook of Babylon will be available. Well, since I am in charge of monitoring the translation, I know: A draft version is available right now. Babylon for the Mac II can be purchased from the Addison-Wesley company for about $100.- . That is the PD price since we are a non-profit organization. If you are interested in a copy of Babylon (it is available on ten different computers such as Vax, Symbolics, IBM, Cadmus, etc. - all explained in the Babylon book), please let me know - I will see what I can do. A reimplementation on Sun is underway in a joint project with Volkswagen - but this will be a commercial version available spring 91. An Apollo version will be available soon. Anything else? Cheers, Uwe ******************************************************************************* Address: Uwe Schnepf Expert System Research Group German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD) F3.XPS Schloss Birlinghoven P.O. Box 1240 5205 Sankt Augustin 1 West Germany E-mail: usc@gmdzi.uucp Telefon: +49 - 2241 - 14 27 04 Fax: +49 - 2241 - 14 28 89 ******************************************************************************