daven@ibmpcug.co.uk (D R Newman) (02/17/90)
Has anyone had any experience with expert system shells that can be run on a Mac and used by those who are not professional knowledge engineers? Aston University is encouraging as many people as possible to try developing small expert systems to help their own work (admin, teaching and research). It has chosen XiPlus for those with PCs, but we also need a fairly simple shell that runs on the Mac, since nearly all the University administrators, and many academics use Macs. (There are only a limited number of students who could develop systems in Prolog+Flex, or Hypercard+Prolog, so we need a shell.) Please could you mail any suggestions to me at newmandr@aston.ac.uk ----- Dave Newman, Aston University, Computing Services, BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET, England. Tel:021-359 3611 x5795 Usenet:newmandr@aston.ac.uk JANET:newmandr@uk.ac.aston IPC networks (Eco/Peace/GreenNet): gn:davenewman -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. -- [moderators' comment: There is an article in the BYTE magazin concerned with your topic: Daniel W. Rasmus: The Mac State of Mind, BYTE magazin, January 1990, pp.305-314.]
waw@kansas.cs.rit.edu (Wolf Walter A) (03/02/90)
HyperX is a small, cheap shell designed to be used with hypercard. Anyone with any programming skills (or just no fear of programming) could probably do just as well with hypercard itself. A bit more sophisticated tool is Level 5, which can be ported to the PC with little trouble (if you own a PC version). waw@cs.rit.edu