Research Catalog

Title

Knowledge systems and Prolog : a logical approach to expert systems and natural language processing / Adrian Walker (editor), Michael McCord, John F. Sowa, [and] Walter G. Wilson.

Publication

• Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., [1987]
• ©1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Walker, Adrian (Adrian David)
• McCord, Michael.
• Sowa, John F.
• Wilson, Walter G.

Description

xii, 475 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This book is about knowledge systems--how to design them, how to use them, and how to program them in a language called Prolog. A knowledge system is a computer program that solves, or helps to solve, problems that would otherwise would have to be handled by a human expert alone. A knowledge system may be an expert system; a program that understands English (or other natural languages); or a combination of the two. It may also use a data management system to store parts of its knowledge. Knowledge systems are used to give advice and solve problems in many areas, such as business, science, technology, and law. The knowledge systems described in this book have been developed at IBM, and have been used for experiments in several subjects, including manufacturing planning, communication network management, evaluation of the ease of use of software packages, and machine translation from one natural language to another.

Alternative Title

Logical approach to expert systems and natural language processing

Subject

• Expert systems (Computer science)
• Prolog (Computer program language)
• Knowledge acquisition (Expert systems)
• Natural language processing (Computer science)
• Expert systems (Computer science) > Industrial applications
• Expert systems (Computer science) > Design and construction
• Expert Systems
• Natural Language Processing
• Systèmes experts (Informatique)
• Prolog (Langage de programmation)
• Traitement automatique des langues naturelles
• Systèmes experts (Informatique) > Applications industrielles
• Expert systems (Computer science) > Industrial applications
• Expert systems (Computer science) > Design and construction
• Expertensystem
• PROLOG Programmiersprache
• Wissensbasiertes System
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Expertsystemen
• Natuurlijke-taalverwerking
• PROLOG
• PROLOG (Programmiersprache)

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 449-457.

Contents

Knowledge systems : principles and practice / Adrian Walker -- A prolog to Prolog / John F. Sowa -- Programming techniques in Prolog / Walter G. Wilson -- Expert systems in Prolog / Adrian Walker -- Natural language processing in Prolog / Michael McCord -- Conclusions / Adrian Walker -- Appendix A. How to use IBM Prolog / Adrian Walker and Walter G. Wilson -- Appendix B. Logical basis for Prolog and Syllog / Adrian Walker.

ISBN

• 0201090449
• 9780201090444

LCCN

86022126

OCLC

• ocm14167211
• 14167211
• SCSB-1190536

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library