Date: Thu 27 Oct 1988 05:37-EDT From: AIList Moderator Nick Papadakis Reply-To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Us-Mail: MIT LCS, 545 Tech Square, Rm# NE43-504, Cambridge MA 02139 Phone: (617) 253-6524 Subject: AIList Digest V8 #114 To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Status: R AIList Digest Thursday, 27 Oct 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 114 Queries: Prolog for 4-D Representation of biological systems Poetry composing programs (and 2 responses) Software for teaching AI techniques Functions for heuristics (Genetic Algorithms) (and 1 response) Temporal reasoning ES for Scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Systems Canadian AI Magazine: Request for French Translators ES builders for the IBM PC Flight Simulation Responses: C-Linkable Expertshells (4 messages) ES in weather forcasting Daryl Pregibon's address Common LISP Src for Tomita Algorithm PFL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17 Oct 88 14:56:18 GMT From: mnetor!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!ecf!soosaar@uunet. uu.net (Robert Soosaar) Subject: Prolog for 4-D I am currently looking for a good/any Prolog that runs on the SGI 4-D series machines. Any comments from users would be appreciated, especially Mprolog by Logicware. Rob Soosaar soosaar@ecf.toronto.edu ------------------------------ Date: 19 Oct 88 16:17 +0800 From: Ulises Cortes Subject: Representation of biological systems Our AI group is dealing with the representation of byological systems. Is anybody out there working in this field. Actually, we are working with the representation of an ecosystem (Medas' Islands). We're looking for people to interchange information and/or experiences. Ulises Cortes Computer Science School Barcelona. Spain. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Oct 88 20:40:42 GMT From: bpa!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!lehi3b15!lafcol!chaudhas@rutgers.edu (Chaudhary Sharad ) Subject: Poetry composing programs I'm a novice prolog programmer and as a semester project I'm writing a prolog program that composes simplistic verse. I'm not familiar with the literature in this field and would appreciate pointers to the relevant literature. I'm also interested in the more general area of natural language generators (particularly those written in prolog) and any references to this field too would be very useful. Thanks in advance sharad ------------------------------ Date: 23 Oct 88 16:53:50 GMT From: glacier!jbn@labrea.stanford.edu (John B. Nagle) Subject: Re: poetry composing programs I once generated poetry using 1940's vintage IBM plugboard-wired accounting machines. This was back in the 1960s, when computer time was harder to come by. I used an IBM 85 collator, a 402 accounting machine, and an 82 sorter. The basic technique involved imposing the grammatical pattern of an existing poem on random words. Some additional checks insured that the word-to-word transitions were similar to ones that had appeared in other text. The result was not particularly profound, but read well in spots. John Nagle ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 88 02:18:59 GMT From: apple!well!jax@rutgers.edu (Jack J. Woehr) Subject: Re: poetry composing programs In article <288@lafcol.UUCP> chaudhas@lafcol.UUCP (Chaudhary Sharad ) writes: >I'm a novice prolog programmer and as a semester project I'm writing >a prolog program that composes simplistic verse. I'm not familiar with >the literature in this field and would appreciate pointers to the >relevant literature. I'm also interested in the more general area >of natural language generators (particularly those written in prolog) >and any references to this field too would be very useful. > > Thanks in advance > sharad How about a Forth program that composes Chinese Limericks? See _Forth Notebook_ by Dr. C.H.Ting, Offete Enterprises, 1987 pp. 245 - 250. ( Offete Enterprises in 1306 South B Street, San Mateo, CA 94402) Dr. Ting has also implemented a tiny Prolog in Forth called Forlog. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} {} {} jax@well ." Sysop, Realtime Control and Forth Board" {} {} jax@chariot ." (303) 278-0364 300/1200 8-n-1 24 hrs." {} {} JAX on GEnie ." Tell them JAX sent you!" {} {} {} {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Oct 88 17:17 EST From: steven horst Subject: Software for teaching AI techniques I am teaching a course on AI for Arts & Letters undergrads this spring semester, and should appreciate suggestions on freeware or inexpensive software that is useful for teaching basic AI concepts and techniques. The course is NOT primarily a PROGRAMMING course, and some students may actually have no progamming background at all. The time allocated for introducing AI techniques, moreover, is limited to a maximum of about 8 sessions, because the course covers philosophical issues and technology and society questions as well. (In other words, teaching LISP or Prolog is pretty much out of the question.) Since concepts like semantic networks, frames and feedback loops and techniques like backward chaining are language-independent, I have some hope that either (a) someone has developed some good educational software for teaching AI concepts and techniques to people who don't use LISP or Prolog, or (b) something on the order of an expert systems shell might be easily adaptable to educational ends. I should appreciate suggestions on good freeware or commercial software that can be bought or licenced at a low price. Applications that run on the Macintosh would be of particular interest, as my university has become highly Mac-oriented. I should also be interested in hearing other people's experiences in trying to put together a broad introduction to AI for undergraduates who are NOT specializing in an area closely related to AI (computer science, cognitive psychology, logic, &c.) Thank you in advance. ***************************************************** * Steven Horst Bitnet: gkmarh@irishmvs * * Department of Philosophy 219-239-7458 * * Notre Dame, IN 46556 * ***************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 24 Oct 88 05:17:12 GMT From: apple!bionet!agate!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!carasso@bloom-beaco n.mit.edu (George of the Jungle) Subject: functions for heuristics (Genetic Algorithms) I was interested in designing an experimental program, where the program would try to solve a problem by using various heuristics. What I would like to do is model it after evolution. If a heuristic is successful, then it creates mutant heuristic versions of itself, and then those heuristics are put to the test, et cetera. Each time, the ones that solve the problem in the shortest time are allowed to have children, others are "terminated". In wanting mutant children created, I do not simply want to change some constants in the parent's fuctions, but rather would like it to change the function itself and create totally new ones. In starting this off, I also do not want to enter the base case for all the fuctions I know. For example \x. x*x; or \x. c; or \x. x^x; or what ever fuction I could dream up. Is there any way to create "all function groups", within reason? Where two functions are in the same group if they differ by a constant, or number of repeatitions. Of course, the eventual goal is to see the program find a good heuristic on its own. Roger Carasso, UCB "My ignorance is my own, and is no way related to any organization" ------------------------------ Date: 24 Oct 88 21:57:38 GMT From: nau@mimsy.umd.edu (Dana S. Nau) Subject: Re: functions for heuristics In a previous article, George of the Jungle writes: >I was interested in designing an experimental program, where the program >would try to solve a problem by using various heuristics. ... If a heuristic >is successful, then it creates mutant heuristic versions of itself, and then >those heuristics are put to the test, et cetera. ... Ping-Chung Chi has done a nice Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Maryland, studying game tree searching. Among other things, he has done the above on game trees using a genetic algorithms approach. For more information, write to chi@mimsy.umd.edu. -- Dana S. Nau Computer Science Dept. ARPA & CSNet: nau@mimsy.umd.edu University of Maryland UUCP: ...!{allegra,uunet}!mimsy!nau College Park, MD 20742 Telephone: (301) 454-7932 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Oct 88 09:31 CDT From: ANDERSJ%ccm.UManitoba.CA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: temporal reasoning I am currently doing research into temporal reasoning methods. I have gathered a great deal of material on classic general methods, but what I require is any references to temporal reasoning methods used by various medical AI systems. Any info anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated John Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Oct 88 10:32 CDT From: Subject: ES for Scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Systems Hi!... I am compiling a survey of expert systems for scheduling CIM in general and FMS in particular. I would appreciate views/comments from persons in academi a and industry, who are involved in developing/using such systems. I am particularly interested in the limitations and effectiveness of these expert systems, and what role a human scheduler would play in the highly complex and constantly evolving environment of FMS. Does anyone know if ISIS still being used at Westinghouse? I would welcome comments from U.S. and the worldwide readers of the AILIST DIGEST. Arshad Jamil Graduate student Department of Industrial Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 88 12:35 -0600 From: Christopher G Prince Subject: Canadian AI Magazine: Request for French Translators Canadian Artificial Intelligence (a publication of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence) translates abstracts of articles and some whole articles into french language. We are in need of extra translators. These people should have computer science background with at least some knowledge of AI terminology, and be able to do french translation. Any help would be appreciated. [The deadlines for the comming issues: November 15, 1988 February 15, 1989 May 15, 1989 August 15, 1989] For responses to this message, please send email to me: Christopher G. Prince Alberta Research Council, 6815 8th Street NE, 3rd Floor Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2E 7H7 (403) 297-2600 UUCP: chris%arcsun.uucp%ubc.csnet@relay.cs.net or prince%noah.arc.cdn@alberta.uucp or ...!ubc-cs!calgary!arcsun!chris CDNnet: prince@noah.arc.cdn For Content and Submission requests: Canadian AI Magazine C/O Alberta Research Council, 6815 8th Street NE, 3rd Floor Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2E 7H7 (403) 297-2600 UUCP: cscsi%arcsun.uucp%ubc.csnet@relay.cs.net or cscsi%noah.arc.cdn@alberta.uucp or ...!ubc-cs!calgary!arcsun!cscsi CDNnet: cscsi@noah.arc.cdn Subscription Requests: CIPS 243 College Street (5th floor), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5T 2Y1 ------------------------------ Date: 26 Oct 88 12:41:56 GMT From: izimbra!dsc@uunet.uu.net (David S. Comay) Subject: ES builders for the IBM PC i'm looking for information and/or recommendations on expert system builders for the ibm pc and compatibles. the application will be a `small' consultation-based expert system (on the order of a hundred rules) and though i have heard of these three products out there, i know little more about them or any others: ti's pc personal consultant, vp-expert & the level5 system. i would appreciate any information and or opinions on these products or others out there that might fit the bill. thanks for the help, dsc ------------------------------ Date: 26 Oct 88 15:23:48 GMT From: mailrus!ulowell!masscomp!daved@ohio-state.arpa (Dave Davis) Subject: Flight Simulation I'm looking for articles, proceedings and perhaps textbooks that discuss the role of ai in flight simulators. I have seen citations for Rolfe's book (a college text), but I haven't laid hands on a copy yet. I would be particularly interested in looking at anything that discusses the role of computer architectures for ai applications in flight simulation. Thanks in advance. Dave Davis ------------------------------ Date: 20 Oct 88 20:31:59 GMT From: pioneer.arc.nasa.gov!raymond@ames.arpa (Eric A. Raymond) Subject: Re: C-Linkable Expertshells CLIPS is NASA's shell: - built in C - can turn rules into C (if desired) - comes with full source - a subset of ART (Inference Corp.) - nice integrated environment for Mac - extremely portable - fast - low memory requirements (relative to other systems) - cheap ($250 for public, free for government) Available from COSMIC (404) 542-3265 Name: Eric A. Raymond ARPA: raymond@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov SLOW: NASA Ames Research Center, MS 244-17, Moffett Field, CA 94035 Nothing left to do but :-) :-) :-) ------------------------------ Date: 21 Oct 88 20:05:51 GMT From: portal!cup.portal.com!TechServices@uunet.uu.net (Angelo C Micheletti) Subject: Re: C-Linkable Expertshells Neuron Data's NEXPERT OBJECT is not only written in C but is completely embeddable in YOUR application program and runs on IBM AT/PS2, Mac, Vax, HP, Sun, Appolo and has the same look on each. Be happy to furnish more information if you'll let me know. ------------------------------ Date: 24 Oct 88 03:33:04 GMT From: wucs1!slustl!patnaik@uunet.uu.net (Gagan Patnaik) Subject: Re: C-Linkable Expertshells In article <852@tnoibbc.UUCP>, sp@tnoibbc.UUCP (Silvain Piree) writes: > > Does anyone know any other expertshells that can be integrated with C ? > Yes, RuleMaster2 by Radian Corp. is based in C, and produces C and FORTRAN source codes. Radian Corp. is based in Austin, Texas. ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 88 17:45:41 GMT From: bbking!rmarks@burdvax.prc.unisys.com (Richard Marks) Subject: Re: C-Linkable Expertshells In article <852@tnoibbc.UUCP>, sp@tnoibbc.UUCP (Silvain Piree) writes: > > Does anyone know any other expertshells that can be integrated with C ? > Yes. KES marketed and supported by Unisys. This is a very good product. It is "industrial strength"; if you have a real number of rules, this is about the best product we have seen. It runs quite well on PC's. We have also ported it to several of our Unix boxes. Work to port it to our mainframes is proceeding. On the PC, it is integratable with MicroSoft C. Richard Marks rmarks@KSP.unisys.COM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Oct 88 17:35 PST From: HEARNE%wwu.edu@RELAY.CS.NET Subject: ES in weather forcasting REGARDING: Inquiry about expert systems in weather forcasting. The 1987 NOAA Conference on Artificial Intelligence Research in Environmental Science at Boulder Colorado (Sept 15-17) was almost exclusively devoted to expert systems in weather forcasting. It produced neither proceedings nor a participant list so the best thing is to write to one of the organizers. The name I have is Chris Fields, Computing Research Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003-0001 Jim Hearne Computer Science Western Washington University Bellingham WA 98225 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Oct 88 08:58:50 From: GOLUMBIC%ISRAEARN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Date: 24 October 88, 08:37:13 IDT From: Martin Charles Golumbic 972 4 296282 GOLUMBIC at ISRAEARN To: AILIST at AI.AI.MIT Daryl Pregibon's address is: AT&T Bell Labs 2C-264 email: daryl@research.att.com 600 Mountain Ave. UUCP: ihnp$!alice!daryl Murray Hill, NJ 07974 U.S.A. Advanced Registration Forms should be sent to Daryl by December 1, 1988 for the Second International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics Fort Lauderdale, Florida Jan. 4-7, 1989 Chairman: William Gale (gale@research.att.com) The papers will be strictly refereed and revised to produce a volume of the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence as a permanent record of the workshop. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Oct 88 18:38 EDT From: Brad Miller Reply-to: miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU Subject: Re: Common LISP Src for Tomita Algorithm Date: 20 Oct 88 02:28:07 GMT From: sun.soe.clarkson.edu!tree@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Tom Emerson) I am looking for the Common LISP source of Tomita's parsing algorithm and LR-parse table generator. Any help in this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance for any help in this matter. Tom Emerson LISP Coordinator SOE Network, Clarkson University tree@sun.soe.clarkson.edu We have this version: (print "************************************************************** (print "******** (print "******** LFG Compiler/Parser with the TOMITA parsing algorithm (print "******** (print "******** Center for Machine Translation (print "******** Carnegie-Mellon University (print "******** Version 6.9, September 1986 (print "******** (c) Carnegie-Mellon University, all rights reserved (print "******** (print "************************************************************** so I suggest contacting them for info. ---- Brad Miller U. Rochester Comp Sci Dept. miller@cs.rochester.edu {...allegra!rochester!miller} ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 88 01:12:30 GMT From: rutgers!prc.unisys.com!finin@ucsd.edu (Tim Finin) Reply-to: rutgers!prc.unisys.com!finin@ucsd.edu (Tim Finin) Subject: Re: PFL The PFL package is also available via anonymous ftp on linc.cis.upenn.edu in ~ftp/pub/pfl . PFL is a relatively simple frame-based knowledge representation language implemented in Common Lisp. Tim Tim Finin finin@prc.unisys.com Paoli Research Center ..!{psuvax1,sdcrdcf,cbmvax}!burdvax!finin Unisys 215-648-7446 (office) 215-386-1749 (home) PO Box 517, Paoli PA 19301 215-648-7412 (fax) ------------------------------ End of AIList Digest ********************