springer@engrhub (03/01/91)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK:
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SIMULATION: METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION
edited by
Paul A. Fishwick and Richard B. Modjeski
Volume 4 in the Series Advances in Simulation (edited by Paul A. Luker and
Bernd Schmidt)
Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991. 294 pages; ISBN 0-387-97374-5; $39.00.
Computer simulation is the use of either an analog or a digital computer to
model and analyze complex artificial and natural systems. The editors define
knowledge-based simulation as the application of knowledge-based methods within
artificial intelligence (AI) to the field of computer simulation. As with any
hybrid approach to research there is a two way street when considering the
relationship between AI and simulation. That is, simulation techniques can
often be seen to also have an effect on AI research.
This book is a representative cumulation of research within the bridge area of
AI and computer simulation performed in government, industry and academia over
the last decade.
Part one of the book deals with the methodology involved, and contains the
following contributions:
1. Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Simulation, Norman R.
Nielsen 2. The DEVS-Scheme Modelling and Simulation Environment, Tag Gon Kim
and Bernard P. Zeigler 3. Methods for Qualitative Modelling in Simulation,
Paul A. Fishwick 4. Dynamic Templates and Semantic Rules for Simulation
Advisors and Certifiers,Tuncer I. Oren 5. Knowledge Acquisition Based on
Representation (KAR) for Design Model Development, Jhyfang Hu and Jerzy W.
Rozenblit 6. Automatic Model Generation for Troubleshooting, Arie Ben-David
7. From CAD/CAM to Simulation: Automatic Model Generation for Mechanical
Devices, Andrew Gelsey.
Part two discusses applications and presents the following chapters:
8. Knowledge-Based Simulation at the RAND Corporation, Jeff Rothenberg 9. An
Architecture for High-Level Human Task Animation Control, Jeffrey Esakov and
Norman I. Badler 10. The Acquisition of Cognitive Simulation Models: A
Knowledge-Based Training Approach, Kent E. Williams and Richard E. Reynolds
11. Strategic Automatic Discovery System (STRADS), Colleen M. Oresky, Douglas
B. Lenat, Albert Clarkson, and Stephen H. Kaisler 12. Uncertainty Management
in Battle-Planning Software, Ben P. Wise and Richard B. Modjeski.
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