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From: txh@philabs.philips.com (Teun Hendriks)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Programing Language
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:51:05 GMT
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York

In article <1992Sep15.153738.28635@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> nik@csgi63.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (Nik Silver) writes:
>In article <95957@bu.edu>, robrod@csa.bu.edu writes:
>>[...]
>>What should someone concentrate on for AI programming?
>
>I would love to spend all my time programming in C, because it's fast and
>because it's standard. But of course C is not an AI language, so I can't
>reasonably expect to get far with it.
>
>Next I thought of POP-11. This is a really clear version of Lisp (very
>roughly) and has lots really nice features. I used Pop for quite a while,
>and was very happy with it. But...
>
>I hadn't (up to then) written a serious (ie. thesis-connected ;-) program.
>Now I have to, and I realise that I need not spend hours/days/weeks writing,
>say, a second-rate production-rule system when a first-rate one already
>exists, as do many other public domain packages. And most of these are written
>in Lisp. Lisp even has a set standard, which Pop does (yet). So that's my
>current project: learn Lisp.
>

Well, you're sort of spelling out the nice features of the Poplog environment,
which offers Pop11, as well as Prolog, Common Lisp and ML as programming
languages, with as of version 14 a very good interface to C.

What I particularly like about the environment is the ability to mix and match
languages in programs. My low level robot and vision systems drivers are in C,
I do reasoning with both Pop11 and Prolog, with again some time critical
operations optimized in C code again (I haven't found much use yet for Lisp
or ML).

No language is best for everything, so the abilility to choose the language
for the functionality is important.

- Teun


>-- 
>Nik ``nik@scs.leeds.ac.uk'' Silver


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From: anderson@CS.ColoState.EDU (Chuck Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Query: AI graduate programs with focus on economic modeling
Date: 7 Sep 92 20:50:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

I'm looking for information about graduate programs in AI which would
accept a student wanting to study applications of AI techniques to
economic modeling.



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Colorado State University         FAX: 303-491-6639
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From: amruth@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Goonda)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Anybody know the email address of..
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:22:21 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci
Originator: amruth@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU


Yes, anybody know the email address of Dr. Robert Milne,
who used to work for the US Army, and later for a firm
(Intelligent Applications) in Scotland?

Thanks in advance,

amruth
From: stas@netcom.com (Stanislav Malyshev)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Expert Magazine, any good?
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:35:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


I've only looked through a few issues, but I remember having many objections
to the fuzzy logic articles that appeared in the issue that had Lotfi Zadeh's
article.  Zadeh's article was, of course, beyond reproach.. but the other ones
were pretty bad.  If this is any sign of the overall level of their material,
I would not get the magazine.

Stan
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From: ssuri@nyx.cs.du.edu (srinivas suri)
Subject: clips help
Keywords: looping and openclosing of files within a loop
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 01:01:55 GMT


hello netters
could anyone tell me how to open and close files within a loop.
Dv
I have to compare the contents otwo files all the times.
The user is askrd questions and the output goes into a file and the same
is continude until the user says no. The output is first sent to one file
and then at the beginining of second loop another file is opened where the
output is sent and at the end of second loop the two files contents are
compared.  That means all times two files contents should be compared.
Could anyone on the net help me on how to do this.
I really appreciate your help.
thanks
suri
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From: fbavja@nuscc.nus.sg (Mr Virinchipuram J Anand)
Subject: Interfacing of CLIPS with C++
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:24:11 GMT

 Dear netters ,
    	I am working on a project to develop time-tabling system for the
	school of management .We are developing this using the AI
	approach . We are still in the process of evaluating a suitable 
	tool for this project . In the mean time I am interested in finding 
	whether any one has attempted developing any Expert system by 
	interfacing CLIPS and C++ . I would be glad to hear suggestions 
        and any reference on this.

 
        Thanks 
        vja.
 
.
From: dtalmage@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Looking for expert system shells (free/cheap)
Date: 15 Sep 92 11:39:38 -0400
Distribution: world
Organization: Georgetown University

My professor asked me to find free or cheap (<$500) expert systems 
shells she can use in her AI class.  I've browsed the FAQ and I've 
asked Archie.  The only things so far are trc and ops83.  Who can

	1. Give me a pointer to ops83?  Archie knows what it is but 
	   not where it is.

	2. Suggest something else appropriate?

Thank you.
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From: ed14+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward Duh)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: CLIPS Conference Proceeding
Date: 6 Sep 92 09:34:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.EeeY4Pa00WB6A5Qp18
Organization: Masters student, Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I am looking for the following conference proceedings:

1) NASA Johnson Space Center First CLIPS Users Conference Proceedings
2) NASA Johnson Space Center Second CLIPS Users Conference Proceedings

I'd appreciate if anyone tell me the publisher and the ordering
information.

Regards,

Edward S. Duh
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Carnegie Mellon University
Internet: ed14@andrew.cmu.edu
From: seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu (Seyamak Amin)
Subject: Wanted: C/C++ code for Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:22:18 GMT
Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa

I am looking for a public domain code in C or C++ for solving
constraint satisfaction problems. Please email me if you know
of such ftp-able module.

Thanks in advance.

S. Amin
seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu
From: danny@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Danny Faught)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Programing Language
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:38:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of North Texas, Denton

In article <1992Sep15.025411.19354@src.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin) writes:
>In article <95957@bu.edu>, robrod@csa.bu.edu writes:
>> 
>> I am just starting to look at AI (I am a senior Undergraduate in CS).  I
>> read that the new movement in AI programming was to move away from 
>> Languages like LISP and Prolog and into Object oriented languages like 
>> C++, Smaltalk, etc.  Is it worth studying LISP and Prolog anymore?
>> What should someone concentrate on for AI programming?
>> 
[lines deleted]
>...  C++ since OOPs seem to be getting more
>popular and it's becoming more widely available. 

I know C well, and I've learned a little about C++.  It seems to me that
C++ is better than C in terms of software engineering (though it 
introduces some intricacies that may make the code more mysterious).
But why is C++ and OOP in general supposed to be well-suited to AI
applications?

>
>   For example, functional language folks will tell you that
>languages such as ML, Miranda, and Haskell are the better
>"functional" languages (and say that LISP isn't even one)
>and that these languages are better for learning programming
>than some language like C.  

I used ML briefly, and it seemed to be very similar to LISP except that
the syntax was more palatable, i.e., no parentheses from hell.  I liked it.

-- 
Danny Faught    danny@ponder.csci.unt.edu
Save this sig - I'll be famous someday
From: nathalie@imag.imag.fr (Nathalie Beauboucher)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: chercheurs CBR
Keywords: CBR
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:54:11 GMT
Organization: Institut Imag, Grenoble, France

Suite au congres jeunes chercheurs en Intelligence artificielle qui a eu lieu a Rennes debut septembre, je recherche qui fait du CBR dans le cadre d'une these en France. A ma connaissance, il y a Sophie Rougegrez du LAFORIA, Isabelle Bichindaritz (laboratoire medical a Paris), 
-- David Macchion (IRIT avec N.Aussenac). Il me semble que nous soyons epu nombreux, il est donc interessant de prendre des contacts.
Merci de repondre par le mail. 


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From: jperry@humpback.cs.ucla.edu (John Perry)
Subject: Re: Looking for anagram algorithms
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 21:49:54 GMT

In article <72194@apple.Apple.COM> bc@apple.com (bill coderre) writes:
>
>Once upon a time there was an excellent Macintosh program called "Ars
>Magna" that did anagrams with speed if not grace.
>
>I'd like to implement a new version that is more Mac-like, and
>naturally I'd be glad to share full source.
>
>Does anyone have a good algorithm or reference to one?
>
>Thank you, and please excuse any etiquette errors I might have
>accidentally committed,
>
>bill coderre


   I don't have any algorithm here, I just like saying "so you want to compete
   with Dave Polweka, eh?"


my favorite two are still:


   Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord

   and

   George Herbert Walker Bush = Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog


If you come up with an algorithm, let me know, cause I'd like a copy of
the code.  If not, let me know and I'll try to make up an algorithm.


John

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From: kean@cs.ubc.ca (Alex Kean)
Subject: Re: Anytime algorithms
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 16:26:02 GMT

In article <751@tls-cs.cert.fr> adele@tls-cs.cert.fr (Martin Adelantado) writes:
>
>     We are investigating execution models for intelligent
>real time systems. These models are based on a mixed
>synchronous/asynchronous programming approach involving a 
>Synchronous expression (ESTEREL, LUSTRE) of critical real time
>parts (reactive parts), and an Asynchronous expression of
>reasoning parts.
>
>     Expression of reasoning parts involves :
>
>       -> ANYTIME reasoning algorithms that can produce partial
>          or reduced-quality output when their execution is
>          terminated before some complete solution is produced,
>
>       -> APPROXIMATE processing solvers that will adaptively
>          generate the most acceptable solutions which meet 
>          deadlines.
>
>    In this context, I should be grateful for information or
>references to papers relating to these two subjects, ANYTIME
>reasoning and APPROXIMATE processing.
>
>    Please email to adele@tls-cs.cert.fr
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>              Martin ADELANTADO
>              ONERA-CERT/DERI
>              TOULOUSE (FRANCE)

see

@inproceedings{deanboddy88,
    author    = "Thomas Dean and Mark Boddy",
    title     = "{An Analysis of Time-Dependent Planning}",
    booktitle = "{Proceeding of AAAI-88}",
    year      = 1988,
    pages     = {49--54}
}


Best Regards,

Alex Kean <kean@cs.ubc.ca>

Department of Computer Science           
University of British Columbia
6356 Agricultural Road,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6T 1Z2

Tel: +1 (604)-822-4912
Fax: +1 (604)-822-5485

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From: poesio@cs.rochester.edu (Massimo Poesio)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Expert Magazine, any good?
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:17:49 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Rochester


Just a word of caution. I subscribed to AI Expert two years ago, and the 
magazine was indeed interesting. However, I only received five issues, 
and then I didn't receive anything anymore. I contacted them at AAAI
last year, and they said they were going to fix the problem, but nothing
happened. (I got tired after that.) So, my advice is: be ready to fight.

-- 
			Massimo Poesio
			University of Rochester
			Computer Science Department
			Rochester, NY 14627-0226,
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From: ginsberg@t.Stanford.EDU (Matthew L. Ginsberg)
Subject: Re: 8 Puzzle (Is it connected)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:57:20 GMT

In article <babraham.3.715849833@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za> babraham@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (Bobby Abraham) writes:
>I recently gave the 8 puzzle to an Intro AI class.  I remember reading that 
>the 15 puzzle was not solvable from any position.  In other words the graph 
>of this problem was not connected.
>
>Can anyone tell me if the same applies to the 8 puzzle?  I would be 
>interested in the proof as well.

None of these puzzles is connected.  If you consider the blank a tile,
each legal move swaps two tiles and therefore obviously retains the "parity"
of the overall position.

					Matt Ginsberg

Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: punch@cps.msu.edu (Bill Punch)
Subject: Re: Legality of Expert Systems
Keywords: liability, legality
Organization: MSU KBS Lab
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 16:36:19 GMT

I remember Ted Shortliffe making a similar statement years ago about the FDA
"looking into" licensing expert system technology. Has anyone heard anything more
about this recently?

>A related question is, at what point will a Physician or Hospital be 
>successfully sued for FAILING to use an expert system which CLEARLY would
>have PREVENTED the problem which followed. 

Shortliffe told a similar story at the time (I'm paraphrasing). In the same year,
two doctors were sued over the use of CAT scan technology. One was sued for using
the device, accussed of padding fees, the other for not using the device, which
would have diagnosed some problem. The situation would only be worse for expert
system applications.

					>>>bill<<<
From: ref@merlin.eng-sun (Ron E. Fortin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Expert Magazine, any good?
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:11:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: fripp.1992Sep11.171135.2833
Reply-To: ref@merlin.eng-sun
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

>>From poesio@cs.rochester.edu (Massimo Poesio)
>>...So, my advice is: be ready to fight

Let's keep in mind that this is an exception, not the rule.
I have had a subsciption to AI Expert since the fist issue and have had
no problems at all.  They even sent me back issues of a few that I missed
when I moved and had trouble getting my mail forwarded by the post office.

All in all, it is a very good magazine and a good company to deal with.
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From: sef@sef-pmax.slisp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: Petition for withdrawal of NRC report: Computing the Future
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 20:46:58 GMT


I haven't yet seen "Computing for the Future", so I have nothing to say
(yet) about the substantive issues raised by John McCarthy et al.  However,
I'm puzzled by their choice of tactics.  Why propose a petition urging that
the report be withdrawn?  If this emminent group of computer scientists
disagrees with the report, why not just produce their own paper in
rebuttal, and try to rally AI researchers and policy makers to their own
views?  Why suggest that the original report be suppressed?

Did the NRC board try to present "Computing for the Future" as representing
the views of the CS field as a whole?  If so, they are out of bounds; if
not, then the report just reflects the views of its authors.  It seems more
appropriate to argue the issues with these authors than to try to browbeat
them into silence.

-- Scott

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From: triantos@acsu.buffalo.edu (Nick B Triantos)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Looking for anagram algorithms
Date: 13 Sep 92 20:40:21 GMT
	<FARACH.92Sep13110138@dickens.rutgers.edu>
Organization: The University at Buffalo
Originator: triantos@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu

Sorry, Bill, no ideas for algorithms, but I've got to add one I've seen.

   Recently, jperry@humpback.cs.ucla.edu (John Perry) writes:
      my favorite two are still:
	 Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord
	   and
	 George Herbert Walker Bush = Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog

   Then, farach@dickens.rutgers.edu (Martin Farach) writes:
      Or how about:
	 Republican National Convention = Puritanical ban on innocent love

Here's one that I'm sure I can be sued for for not getting permission, but, in
"Dave Barry Slept Here", a hysterical book by syndicated columnist Dave Barry
(who else), he writes that he figured out,
    Spiro Agnew  =  Grow a Penis

I can say no more.

-Nick

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From: rgopu@cs.tamu.edu (Rangarathnam Gopu)
Subject: Real time Expert system ??
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:10:27 GMT

	Does anyone out there know of any real time expert system 
	*language*? Are there any published papers or books on the 
	sunject?

	
	This is an info request. I would prefer email replies.
	Gopu
	Thanks.
	rgopu@cs.tamu.edu
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From: demers@cs.ucsd.edu (David DeMers)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI Expert Magazine, any good?
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:51:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

In article <POESIO.92Sep10141749@cantaloupe.cs.rochester.edu> poesio@cs.rochester.edu (Massimo Poesio) writes:

>Just a word of caution. I subscribed to AI Expert two years ago, and the 
>magazine was indeed interesting. However, I only received five issues, 
>and then I didn't receive anything anymore. I contacted them at AAAI
>last year, and they said they were going to fix the problem, but nothing
>happened. (I got tired after that.) So, my advice is: be ready to fight.

I think it's just poorly managed - I subscribed to AI Expert
and PC AI in some kind of joint deal, when the year ended, I
did not renew; however, I continued to get copies for more than
a year.  The fact that they were going to a corporate address
might have contributed, or perhaps they just don't keep track
adequately.

Dave


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From: bienk@triceratops.erg.sri.com (Marie Bienkowski)
Subject: Re: AI Winter Refugees
Reply-To: bienk@triceratops.erg.sri.com (Marie Bienkowski)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 20:19:21 GMT

Although I was unable to follow the entire thread of debate, I understand
that there's been some discussion about the AI winter manifesting itself
as a slowing down of hiring people for AI jobs.  My impression is that, while
there are certainly as many people graduating with AI degress, people who 
already have AI jobs are staying put because of the recession.  Consequently,
employers may not be advertising as much, since new graduates are hired via
campus recruiters.  This is what I've observed from resumes we've received. 
We get a lot from fresh-outs, almost none from people with 3-5 years
experience.
We also get a lot from people who I'd call thinkers, and not many from people
who I'd call doers.  And given the requirement to show results and show them
soon, doers are what *we* need.

I'd be interested in hearing from people who are job hunting in AI to
see what kinds of qualifications are out there.

Thanks,
Marie B
bienk@erg.sri.com
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From: bhotvedt@gollum.uio.no (Tor Houghton)
Subject: Re: Viruses
Followup-To: comp.ai
Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:59:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.002009.20472@access.usask.ca>, choy@skorpio.usask.ca
(I am a terminator.) wrote:

> FAQ time. Do computer viruses have intelligence?

Nope. Only a set of choices (and that's only the most advanced ones).

Cheers,

# Tor Houghton
  
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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: 8 Puzzle (Is it connected)
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:56:27 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Sep10.082350.10442@cs.rulimburg.nl> allis@cs.rulimburg.nl (Victor Allis) writes:

>The five steps shown above just state that there are AT LEAST two classes
>of positions which are closed to the operation of making moves, not that
>there are EXACTLY two classes.

In other words, it is impossible to move from a member of one class to
another. Thus the neat trick of making the 8 puzzle consist of letters
which form words instead of numbers, where two of the letters are the
same, but when interchanged change the class of of position. Unless
the solver understands this, the puzzle seems to switch randomly
between being easy and impossible.
-- 
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Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
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