Date: Sun 14 Feb 1988 22:19-PST From: AIList Moderator Kenneth Laws Reply-To: AIList@KL.SRI.COM Us-Mail: SRI Int., 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone: (415) 859-6467 Subject: AIList V6 #32 - Radio Control, Fuzzy Sets, Chinese, MDBS To: AIList@KL.SRI.COM Status: R AIList Digest Monday, 15 Feb 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 32 Today's Topics: Queries - Expert System Demos & Life Cycles for Expert Systems & AI and Object-Oriented Programming & Fuzzy sets & Neural Software & Concepts of the Future & Legal and Ethical Query & CLOS Specification Completion Date, Literature - Daedalus, Application - Ping Pong-Playing Robot, AI Tools - Radio Gear for Mobile Robots & Fuzzy sets & Chinese Character Generator & Technical Support for MDBS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 88 09:28 CST From: PMACLIN%UTMEM1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Request for Expert System Demos The University of Tennessee at Memphis has scheduled an "Expert Systems in the Health Sciences" seminar for April 7. More than 100 of our faculty members are expected to attend to learn what is possible in expert systems with today's technology. If you have any expert systems available that you would be willing to share with U-T via a demo disk or through our tying in with your computer using telecommunications that day, please let me know. We need examples of expert systems (in the health sciences) for the DEC VAX 8650 or 8700, the Macintosh II or Mac Plus, and the IBM PC or AT. All programs or demos will be returned promptly after the seminar. Also if you could offer any advice as to your experiences with various expert system shells or languages, I would appreciate your comments. I am especially interested in Nexpert Object, Quintus Prolog, 1st Class expert system shell, and Level5 Insight2+ expert system shell. Philip Maclin Department of Computer Science University of Tennessee at Memphis 877 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38163 Phone 901 528-5848 Bitnet userID PMACLIN@UTMEM1 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 10:25 CDT From: LUCINDA ASHMORE 343-7670 Subject: Life Cycles for Expert Systems I am interested in information on life cycles for expert systems. I would like information on life cycles that have been developed and also on conventional life cycles that have been tailored for expert systems. If any books or articles have been written on the subject I would also like to know about them. If I receive numerous responses I will summarize and post them. Thanks, Lucinda Ashmore ASHMORE%NGSTL1%EG.TI.COM@RELAY.CS.NET ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 88 16:27:36 GMT From: spl1!iitmax!rc@ELROY.JPL.NASA.GOV (Rajeev Chandrasekhar) Subject: AI and Object Oriented programming ! I was wondering if any body in netland has heard about any papers/journals about O.O stuff and its applications to planning/robotics. I would appreciate a e-mail reply or news posting if any one has any references or suggestions. Thanks Rajeev bitnet : cs_chandrase@iitvax ihnp4 : ihnp4\!iitmax\!rc ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 88 23:20:47 GMT From: mmlai!barash@uunet.uu.net (Rev. Steven C. Barash) Subject: Fuzzy sets Does anyone reading this understand "Fuzzy set theory"/"Fuzzy logic" and its applicability to automated reasoning? In particular, I'm interested in how one might verify empirically (or experimentally, as with probability theory) the accuracy of the fuzzy set formaulas for appropriate domains. Also, for a given problem, how should one determine the suitability of fuzzy sets (instead of traditional methods) for reasoning under uncertainty? The journal articles tend to be rather specialized, and don't address such basic issues. Please repond by E-mail; I'll post a summary if interest is sufficient. Any ideas will help, and thanks in advance. Steve Barash -- Rev. Steve Barash @ Martin Marietta Labs / Artificial Intelligence Department Disclaimer: I speak for no one. ARPA: barash@mmlai.uu.net UUCP: {uunet, super, hopkins!jhunix} !mmlai!barash ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Feb 88 02:30:20 EST From: ST401843%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Neural Software i am looking for personal computer software to simulate/investigate/... neural networks. the software should run on either an IBM comp. (preferred) or a Mac. i am sufficiently interested in both, so any pointer to either direction is welcome. please send messages to st401843@brownvm (bitnet address, obviously) and i will summarize and post. i might note that i vaguely remember some mention on this list of the third book in the PDP series that was then (when?) to come out soon and with an accompanying disk. this is exactly the kind of thing i think i want. finally, and most importantly, specify whether public/share/other and what is the] approximate price range. Thanx, Thanasis Kehagias ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Feb 88 07:38:08 -0500 From: G B Reilly Reply-to: reilly@wharton.upenn.edu Subject: Help explain the concepts of the future The Franklin Institute Science Museum* will be opening the Futures Center in 1990. This is not a copy of EPCOT Center or a futuristic living room. It is exhibits to explain the new concepts in science and technology that will affect people's lives in the coming years. One section explains the concepts of robotics, computing, and artificial intelligence. We are interested in hearing what you believe the public needs to know about these areas and how they will affect their life in the next decade. Thank you for your cooperation. Brendan Reilly Curator ---- * The Franklin Institute is one of the oldest science museums in the country and has hands-on exhibits explaining science and technology which are visited by over one million people annually. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Feb 88 15:31 CST From: WHITTAK%TAMAGEN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: legal and ethical query I have a group of graduate students from several disciplines in my ES class that are investigating the legal and ethical issues associated with ES delivery. If any of you know of any court cases (or out of court settlements) that have involved the use of or the lack of use of expert systems, please send those contacts or references to me. Also, if any of you know lawyers that specialize or deal with such issues, I would also appreciate having their names (and addresses). We will be happy to send any contributors a final copy of their paper. I will also post responses to the net if enough interest is shown. Thank you in advance. A. Dale Whittaker whittak@tamagen (BITNET) Agricultural Engineering Dept. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX 77843-2117 (409)846-3364 ------------------------------ Date: 12 Feb 88 21:59:37 GMT From: pitt!cisunx!jasst3@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Jeffrey A. Sullivan) Subject: CLOS Specification Completion Date? Does anyone know when the CLOS standard will be frozen so that language developers will be willing to support it in commercial CL packages? -- .......................................................................... Jeff Sullivan University of Pittsburgh pitt!cisunx!jasst3 Intelligent Systems Studies Program jasper@PittVMS (BITNET) Graduate Student ------------------------------ Date: 7 Feb 88 20:25:22 GMT From: ocvaxa.oberlin.edu!SAC8463@uunet.uu.net Subject: RE: SOURCES FOR RESEARCH >I have to do some research on Artificial Intelligence (primarily the >history , but also current applications) and I would like to know if >anyone could recommend a good (and recent) book dealing with the two areas >of AI I have mentioned. Thank you. The Winter 1988 issue of _Daedalus (no flames; it is Greek, after all!), The Journal Of The Something-or-other Society of Arts and Sciences_ is devoted to Aritificial Intelligence, and contains some enlightening articles on the history and theory of AI, both as a field and a science. (Is there a difference? I say yes...) Contributors include luminaries such as Minsky and Papert. I picked my copy off the magazine shelf at a bookstore; it shouldn't be too hard too find. It's cheap, too ($5.00) I am just getting into AI myself, and have found the journal to be very helpful in getting my feet on the ground. For a serious research project, the extensive bibliographies of the articles should be useful, too. Hope this helps! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 10:11:14 PST From: lambert@cod.nosc.mil (David R. Lambert) Subject: ping pong playing robot If my memory is correct, there was a ping pong playing robot built as a masters thesis or PhD dissertation at a university in the north eastern US-- perhaps in Pennsylvania. The thesis defense & demonstration was announced in AIList about a year ago (Feb 87). David R. Lambert ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 88 02:51:04 GMT From: portal!cup.portal.com!Zona_-_Walcott@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Radio gear for mobile robots No, there's also a rec.rc, which covers Radio Control models - air, land and water. No tech.IDF tho, so I guess the Israeli Defense Force will just have to volunteer its drone specs. I'm a guest on this account. Reply to g451252772ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu Ron Goldthwaite, UC Davis Psychology and Animal Behavior ------------------------------ Date: 9 Feb 88 21:43:30 GMT From: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (vu0112) Subject: Re: Fuzzy sets In article <275@mmlai.UUCP> barash@mmlai.UUCP (Rev. Steven C. Barash) writes: > >Does anyone reading this understand "Fuzzy set theory"/"Fuzzy logic" >and its applicability to automated reasoning? I'm trying to. . . >In particular, I'm interested in how one might verify empirically >(or experimentally, as with probability theory) the accuracy of the >fuzzy set formaulas for appropriate domains. I'm not sure how such verification would differ from that for crisp formulas. >Also, for a given problem, >how should one determine the suitability of fuzzy sets (instead of traditional >methods) for reasoning under uncertainty? First, obviously, if the system in question is non-deterministic, then fuzzy methods must come into play. It should be recognized that probability theory is a special case of fuzzy theory. Now, as to the question of whether to use non-probabilistic (e.g. possibilistic) fuzzy methods, that depends on the law of the excluded middle (True(A) => False(~A)), which probability conforms to, and possibility does not. If the samples are highly interdependant, fuzzy can yield better results. I recently wrote a paper on Fuzzy Artificial Inference and Expert Systems. Fuzzy promises a much more succesful, general method for approximate reasoning. >The journal articles >tend to be rather specialized, and don't address such basic issues. Try _Fuzzzy_Sets_and_Systems_. Also, I'd reccommend _Fuzzy_Sets, Ucertainty,_and_Information_ (George Klir, Prentic Hall 1988), which is an excellent introduction and bibliography. Read anything by Zadeh. >Please repond by E-mail; I'll post a summary if interest is sufficient. Sorry, couldn't resist. Plus my mailer usually chokes these days. > Steve Barash O----------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Mad Cybernetician | Systems Science Department, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu V All the world is biscuit shaped. . . ------------------------------ Date: 12 Feb 88 14:37:29 GMT From: hubcap!ncrcae!gollum!rolandi@gatech.edu (rolandi) Subject: Chinese character generator To the guy who wanted a Chinese character generator: I have been unable to get mail through to you. I may be able to help you with the character generator however. If you are interested, drop me a line that includes a viable path. walter rolandi rolandi@gollum.UUCP () NCR Advanced Systems, Columbia, SC u.s.carolina dept. of psychology and linguistics ------------------------------ Date: 13 Feb 88 05:30:53 GMT From: pur-phy!mrstve!mdbs!kbc@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Kevin Castleberry) Subject: technical support for mdbs Technical Support for mdbs products: KMAN (a relational db envrionment), GURU (an expert system development environment), MDBS III (a post-relational high performance dbs) (Our products run in VMS, UNIX, OS/2 and MSDOS.) is available by emailing to: support@mdbs.uucp or {rutgers,ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!mdbs!support Kevin Castleberry Manager mdbs Products Technical Information Center (TIC) Micro Data Base Systems Inc. P.O. Box 248 Lafayette, IN 47902 (317) 448-6187 For sales call: (317) 463-2581 ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************