[comp.ai.digest] AI and 'Conventional' programming

davis@COMMUNITY-CHEST.MITRE.ORG (10/11/88)

I have an interest in merging AI technology with software development
for large, conventional projects, particularly in Ada.
I observe a trend in private industry and government toward attempting 
to use Expert system tools as a part of delivered products, to be 
used by non-engineers/scientists.  
An aspect of this trend is the potential to assist members of 
development teams in software engineering in managing complexity.
There have been some articles published in this general area 
during the last 4-5 years, dealing with high-level/specification 
languages, modelling, and rule-based formal proofs of software 
requirements, which suggests that some useful work is being done.


I would like to see if there is an interest in these areas on the part 
of others who read the AI bulletin board, and to offer published 
information related to these interests.

Dave Davis