HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: goldstn@cse.uta.edu (David Goldstein)
Subject: but can you really backwards chain in clips?
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 15:37:20 GMT

Currently I am building a robotics planner on top of my distributed
version of CLIPS.  As a first step, I am modifying some of the examples
distributed with CLIPS that are planning-like to create a driected graph
of plan steps as the "planners" backward chain.

However, while CLIPS can "backward chain" one goal at a time, I am
finding it somewhat difficult to:

1. chain multiple goals at a time, the quivalent of prolog:
	x(a,b,c) :- goal1(a), goal2(a,b), goal3(b,c).
(I think I can do this, but I am looking for an elegant solution).

2. backtrack bad solutions in nested goal searches.  For example, if
	x(1,2,3) is not satisfied because of goal3(b,c), we would
	ideally like to simply try a new "c".  Similarly, there may be
	(in Prolog) multiple definitions of goal3, and we might want to
	try a 2nd definition that could achieve the goal.

Thoughts?


David Goldstein				
Faculty Associate			(poet, musician, good all-around guy)
University of Texas at Arlington  *   * (future rock star, pro-football player)
AI, parallel/distr processing,      *   (something really witty goes here)
and software engineering          \___/ (:
	
-- 
David Goldstein				
Faculty Associate			(poet, musician, good all-around guy)
University of Texas at Arlington  *   * (future rock star, pro-football player)
AI, parallel/distr processing,      *   (something really witty goes here)
From: duncan@smogland.janet.ucla.edu (Phil Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Chaining in both directions
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:54:02 GMT
Organization: University of California at Los Angeles, EE Dept.


  I have a question concerning the capabilities of forward
chaining inference engines to perform backward chaining
tasks (i.e. goal oriented).  I have seen several examples
for CLIPS and OPS5 where backward chaining tasks are
implemented using Rete networks.  My question is how does
the efficiency of implementing backward chaining tasks on
a Rete network compare with solving the tasks using a
tool that is based on backward chaining.  

  One example that I am interested in is how well a prolog
program could be implemented using a tool such as CLIPS.
Would the Rete network be able to resolve the backward
chaining rules of prolog /much slower/about the same/faster
than/ a prolog interpreter?

  The reason that I ask is that I have an application that
has some parts which are best implemented as forward chaining
and others that work best as backward chaining.

  Post or email.  I will summarize here.

					Thanks,
						Phillip Duncan
--
					Ph.D.

duncan@janet.ucla.edu
213-206-4465
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From: fordj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells,comp.ai,comp.ai.edu
Subject: CLIPs Mailing List?
Date: 12 Apr 92 12:20:44 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University


I see postings about CLIPs here fairly frequently.  Is there a CLIPs 
mailing list or distribution list?  Any archives of CLIPs code or 
sample projects?

Just curious,

John M. Ford             BYU Instructional Psychology Program
740 South 50 East        (801) 224-9039
Orem, UT 84058           fordj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
From: goldstn@arrisun3.uta.edu (David Goldstein)
Subject: real-time control with CLIPS
Organization: Automation and Robotics Research Institute, U Texas @ Arlington
Distribution: comp.ai.shells
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:29:39 GMT

Concerning this ongoing discussion of real-time control with CLIPS,
two years ago I and U Lowell both published work on our respective
distributed versions of CLIPS.  My (soon to be publsihed dissertation)
work incorporated interruptable reasoning, interrupt support in reasoning,
and a different version of dynamic saliences than supported in CLIPS 5.0
(but noooooooo.  no one ever acknowledges the phrase "dynamic saliences"
to me.)  Another 2 cents, hmm, the reasoning capabilities of the different
expert system shells on the market vary so widely that aren't applications
really suited to specific tools, rather than tools being "stronger" 
than others?

Interested parties might want to get copies of the CLIPS annual conference
proceedings.  Incidently, my system will be demo'd at the CLIPS workshop
at the North Texas Association for AI''s 3rd Annual AI Extravaganza,
on May 15th, that I keep meaning to post a notice for!


David Goldstein
Faculty Associate
University of Texas at Arlnigton
From: wuzhibia@iscs.nus.sg
Subject: Computational linguist news group & list ?
Reply-To: WUZHIBIA@NUSDISCS.BITNET
Organization: Dept. of Information Systems and Computer Science, National University of Singapore
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:25:52 GMT


Since so many people in computer science are working in the
area of Computational linguistics (i.e. Natural language processing).
I wander whether there is any new group or list exists concerning
this area?

best
zhibiao
wuzhibia@iscs.nus.sg

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From: orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.edu
Subject: Re: AI research institute in Costa Rica (Central American AI Institute??)
Keywords: New institution, AI, Research??
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:40:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Apr10.124013.21706
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR


    shimpi@dim.cs.usu.edu (Anirudha Shimpi) writes:
:   Does anyone know of a Central American Institute of 
:   Artificial Intelligence?

    clang@huracan.cr (Carlos Lang) writes:
:   If there exists such thing, I'd surely want to know!

    Good luck finding such a thing. I wanna know about it, too.  I've
heard good things from a friend in Beliz...  
    A yankee named Richard Halliburton wrote about a fine expedition he
made through Latin America, much as John Gunther did in 1940. I'd be
very interested in seeing such things. In particular, there is a Mayan
cenote of Yum-Chae at a place referred to as the City of the Itzas
at the Mouth of the Wells that I would love to find.

    What if there were an Organization of American States retreat? I just may
be able to establish one in the near term. A Homestead Act house has been
offered to me by relatives that has eight bedrooms, in the Middle of Nowhere
near the Canadian border with Washington on the West Coast on Highway 2.
    Perhaps an AI research retreat scene in early Nineties would work, and
be good for everyone involved. Summer's coming up... Drop me a line if you
are interested in a place to stay.

    OBLIGATORY TECHNICAL QUESTION: Is it just me, or do the Department of
Defense and MITI neglect ethical context checks at inference time? Is it
an circumvent-sensory-capacity plan to assist in the goal of losing human
traits like creative association, situational ethics and compassion?
    Inquiring minds want to know.

    Theus (orpheus@reed.edu)
From: rfadler@uswnvg.UUCP (Rick Fadler)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Quintus phone number wanted
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:11:26 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: US West NewVector, Bellevue, WA
Originator: rfadler@nv2.uswnvg.com

Does anyone have the phone number for Quintus? If so could you e-mail it to
me?

Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: kumar@ditsydh.syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar)
Subject: ftp sites for parsers ?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Info Tech, Sydney, Australia
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 03:44:08 GMT

I am interested to know whether there are any FTP sites which have
source codes for Parsers (English text) ? Are there any programs available
which can construct semantic nets from thesaurus (English) ?

If u know any, please mail to : kumar@syd.dit.csiro.au

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Ramkumar

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From: jkarab@next.com (John Karabaic)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Voice Recog. on Desktop
Keywords: VISUS, Sphinx, NeXT, NeXTstep
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:09:15 GMT
Reply-To: jkarab@next.com

I missed the first post on this, but thought this might be relevant.

There is a product from Visual Understanding Systems in Pittsburgh, PA for  
NeXTstep called "SpeechKit".  It's a kit of software objects based on the  
Sphinx work at CMU, which most of you are aware of.

I don't know pricing, but do know that it does connected speech rather  
well and has a vocabulary of in the thousands of words (1000 < x < 10000).   
It uses the NeXT computer's built-in DSP but, for now, requires a special  
microphone based on the Ariel Digital Mic.  I've heard the goal is to use  
the built-in condensor mic. 

They also sell consulting to go along with it.

VISUS's number is 412 488 3600.
--
John S. Karabaic, Systems Engineer, jkarab@NeXT.com, 513 792 5904
NeXT Computer, Inc.; 4434 Carver Woods Dr.;  Cincinnati, OH 45242
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From: minzhi@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Min-Zhi Shao)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.ai.philosophy,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.visualization,comp.robotics
Subject: IEEE PAMI Old Issues Wanted (Repost)
Date: 11 Apr 92 00:48:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.ai
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hello,

    Recently I found computer vision is a very interesting field to
work with and therefore I'd like to have some old IEEE PAMI issues in
hand.  I've already got Vol.10 No.2-6 (1988), Vol.11 No.1-12 (1989),
Vol.12 No.1 (1990) and my own subscription began with 1992.  If you
happen to have some other issues which you don't need any more, please
send me an email.  I am interested to buy them.  Thanks!


Min-Zhi

Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: kern@arecibo.aero.org (J.C. Kern)
Subject: Re: What is COTS?
Organization: The Aerospace Organization
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:17:50 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.143443.7861@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, jerry@artada.lerc.nasa.gov (Jerry Walters) writes:
> 
> I am seeking information about a system relating to 
> AI known as COTS.  Any contact or reference about COTS
> would be appreciated.
> 

I think you may have the wrong idea here.  COTS normally refers
to Commercial Off-The-Shelf software.  COTS is used as a term to
differentiate commercially available software from software that
is built in-house.


J.C. Kern                            email:  kern@arecibo.aero.org
The Aerospace Corporation            phone:  (310) 336-3573
P.O. Box 92957                       vmail:  (310) 336-5454 x63573
Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957    

                 "May you live in interesting times."
From: kevin@milton.u.washington.edu (Kevin Caskey)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Genetic Algorithm S/W success on SG Iris?
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:14:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Apr17.151401.2367
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Apr16.214729.23974@u.washington.edu> kevin@milton.u.washington.edu (Kevin Caskey) writes:
>
>Kevin at U dub
>

I have no idea why the entire body of the message and the signature are missing.
I was looking for anyone who has successfully installed any public domain (free)
Genetic Algorithm software on a Silicon Graphics Iris. I'm having trouble with
GAucsd.

Kevin at U dub
From: bobick@MARBLEARCH.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Bobick)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Workshop program
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:46:00 GMT
Reply-To: bobick@MEDIA-LAB.MEDIA.MIT.EDU


My thoughts on the WS scheduling:

Workshops are usually attended by those working actively in the field,
so they are not the same poeple attending tutorials.  And in fact,
workshop attendees often are giving papers at the regular conference
sessions.  So, though I know the logistics are bad, I'd recommend the
workshops being in parallel to the tutorials.  Otherwise we need to
make sure that each workshop does not conflict with a conference
session of the same general topic.

Saturday 28th is possible, if we get a lot of submissions. I think the
4th only works if the workshop is not technical but policy or planing
oriented.  (People are pretty burned out on technical issues.)

In terms of numbers, can we wait and see how many proposals we get?  

(By the way: to whom are calls for papers and calls for workshops
sent?  The reason I ask is that I am trying to figure to whom to send
the 50 copies you sent me.)

Aaron
From: nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp (Hidetoshi NAGAI)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: CFP: International Symposium on NLU & AI
Date: 17 Apr 92 10:59:24 GMT
Reply-To: nomura@ai.kyutech.ac.jp
Distribution: comp
Organization: KIT Iizuka, AI Dept, JAPAN.


  ************************************************************
  *                  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION                  *
  *                                                          *
  *                International Symposium on                *
  *                                                          *
  *           NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING AND AI          *
  *                                                          *
  *                    13-15 July, 1992                      *
  *                                                          *
  *             Kyushu Institute of Technology               *
  *              Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820, Japan                 *
  ************************************************************

International Symposium on Natural Language Understanding and AI 
is held at Kyushu Institute of Technology during 13-15 July, 1992.

It is scheduled to have one keynote speech and about 35 academic 
presentations from 10 countries and regions.  All papers concern 
natural language processing and its application to such as machine 
translation.

Those who have interest in the symposium will be invited to attend.  
Registration fee is 30,000 yen (non-profit academic discount fee 
is 20,000 yen.)  It includes a symposium kit, banquet, lunches, 
and teas.

Detail information is available from NLU&AI chairman when requested.

                          Hirosato Nomura
                          NLU&AI chairman

    E-mail nomura@ai.kyutech.ac.jp      Fax +81-948-29-7601
  ************************************************************
--
Newsgroups: comp.ai,la.seminars
From: campbell@aero.org (Andrew Campbell)
Subject: 4/15/92 TACART: Lewis on Intelligent Objects
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Distribution: ca
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 17:47:54 GMT

Los Angeles (LA) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Technical Activity Committee on Artificial Intelligence (TACART)

             TACART

TOPIC:       Software Development with Intelligent Objects
SPEAKER:     Dr. Steven M. Lewis, The Aerospace Corp.
DATE:        Wednesday, 15 April 1992
TIME:        The talk will begin at 7:30
ABSTRACT:    The Cognits class library is a C++ class library which
             exploits inheritance and polymorphism to generate
             objects capable of behaving like the Minsky-type
             frames often used in AI. Standard objects are
             arranged as a tree with a number of builtin classes
             of connections between objects. Knowledge in the
             system is represented by fields in the objects and
             by the connections. A connection of special interest
             is Subscription, which requests the subscribed object
             to notify the subscriber of any changes. View, which
             is a subclass of Subscription, defines the relationship
             between an object and a widget on the screen. Cognits
             incorporates a Model-View-Controller paradigm for
             visualizing objects. Objects also have methods for
             browsing the class hierarchy. Cognits has been used for
             the development of satellite scheduling programs for the
             Air Force, and has proved especially useful in tracking
             requirements and constraints. Dr. Lewis will also discuss
             the pros and cons of using C++ rather than conventional
             AI languages for solving AI problems.
BIOGRAPHY:   Steven Lewis has a BS in math from Caltech and a PhD in
             Biophysics from the University of Washington. He has been 
             a member of the technical staff at The Aerospace Corp since 
             1988. Before that, he was Professor of Biomedical Engineering 
             at USC. He is also the head of engineering for Rhinosoft Inc,
             a small company producing Rhinomanometers.
PLACE:       The Conference Room, in the Basement of the Santa Monica
             Public Library, located at the corner of 6th St. and
             Santa Monica, in Santa Monica (4th/5th St. Exit from I-10).
DINNER:      No dinner is planned. No social activities are planned.
CONTACT:     L. Andrew Campbell (310) 336-8642 (days)

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Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks)
Subject: Re: Can machines display intelligence
Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 23:10:08 GMT

In article <92105.11231232HOCVO@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> <32HOCVO@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>I am looking for some opinions and insight on Artificial Intelligence.
>Will machines be able to learn, reason, and understand from experiences?
>What do you think?
Laurie, have you posted to comp.ai.philosophy? They have angels dancing
on the heads of pins, CTHULHU minds, thinking rocks, Chinese Rooms, and
all manner of puffed-up intellectuals all attempting to prove one side
or the other of that very question. 

Mark Shanks
Principal Engineer, 777 Displays
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From: jerry@artada.lerc.nasa.gov (Jerry Walters)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: What is COTS?
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:34:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1992Apr14.143443.7861
Followup-To: jwalters@lerc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH (USA)

Hello,

I am seeking information about a system relating to 
AI known as COTS.  Any contact or reference about COTS
would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

-jw-

--
Jerry  Walters      | jwalters@lerc.nasa.gov | "The biggest fish
NASA LeRC MS 54-8   |                        |   are the ones that
21000 Brookpark Rd. |    (216) 433-2676      |    are *almost* caught"
Cleveland, OH 44135 |                        |     
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: needles@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ooh! Ouch!)
Subject: Need help finding expert system info
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:21:49 GMT

  I am currently engaged in a project to study the effects of expert
systems that directly affect people. I'm looking for information on
knowledge-based medical consultation aids. In particular, I'm
interested in whether these systems ever make it out of the lab, and
what happens to them when they do. Any information on any system being
used 'in the field' would be helpful, as would references to help me
determine what happened to systems such as PUFF, ONCOCIN, QMR, etc.

  I'm also looking for specifics on the HELP system.

  Please mail responses to needles@wpi.wpi.edu: I don't read this
newsgroup regularly.

  Thanks in advance!
  Joachim Heck
From: nakashim@etl.go.jp (Hideyuki Nakashima)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: knowbot
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:09:33 GMT
Organization: Electrotechnical Laboratory


Will someone give me references to "knowbot (rebric of knowledge
robot)" by Corpotation for National Research Initiatives?  Knowbot is
said to be designed to support parallel computation between different
types of computers.

Thanks.

Hideyuki Nakashima
Cooperative Architecture Section,
Electrotechnical Lab.
nakashim@etl.go.jp
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.edu
From: babraham@daisy.ee.und.ac.za (Bobby Abraham)
Subject: Ass. Prof Position (University of Natal)
Organization: Univ. Natal, Durban, S. Africa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 11:46:09 GMT
X-Bytes: 1512

                Department of Computer Science,
    	     University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
   		          South Africa

              Associate Professor/Senior Lecture

                       Computer Science


This is a senior position and the successful applicant should be
capable of performing effective research as well as providing
research leadership and supervision to MSc and PhD students.
The position also requires the preparation and teaching of
undergraduate and Honours courses in Computer Science.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals
with interests in any of the major areas of Computer Science. 
Current research interests of staff include knowledge based
system applications and distributed processing.


In addition to normal University salary scales, the post carries
a variety of benefits, including:

     *  Housing subsidy
     *  Remission of University Fees
     *  13th Cheque
     *  Medical aid, pension, life insurance, etc.

Funds may be available for individual research expenses or
possible subvention of salary.  Details of the benefits,
together with a description of the work and research interests
of the Department, are available on request.

The University of Natal rejects apartheid.  It is an equal
opportunities, affirmative action University.

Reply to Prof. G. Finnie before 15 May 1992 c/o 
Email : babraham@daisy.ee.und.ac.za
Snail : P.O. Box 375
        Pietermaritzburg
	3200
	South Africa
Fax   : (0331) 955599
Voice : (0331) 955646
From: bryan@ad.cise.nsf.gov (Bryan Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Quintus phone number wanted
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:50:16 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National Science Foundation

In article <2066@uswnvg.UUCP> rfadler@uswnvg.UUCP (Rick Fadler) writes:
> Does anyone have the phone number for Quintus? If so could you e-mail it to
> me?
> 
> Thanks

I could not mail this, so let me post instead...

Their number is:

800/542-1283

or

415/813-3800

fax: 415/494-7608

bryan
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Tuesday, 14 Apr 1992 11:23:12 EDT
From: <32HOCVO@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject:    Can machines display intelligence

I am looking for some opinions and insight on Artificial Intelligence.
Will machines be able to learn, reason, and understand from experiences?
What do you think?

Laurie A. Kayden
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: holder@cse.uta.edu (Larry Holder)
Subject: Structural Databases
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:19:02 GMT

We are looking for databases to be used for testing an intelligent
structural data analysis tool.  The database should be structural or a
flat representation of a structural environment (e.g., coordinates of
3d entities).  The database will be converted to a graph
representation for input to the system.  Any pointers to such
databases would be appreciated.

Thank you.

-- 
Larry Holder (holder@cse.uta.edu)

University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Computer Science Engineering
Box 19015, Arlington, TX 76019-0015, Phone: 817-273-2596, FAX: 817-273-2548