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AIList Digest Volume 8 Issue 120
AIList Digest Monday, 7 Nov 1988 Volume 8 : Issue 120
Responses:
Natural Language Universities
ES for student advising (3 messages)
Genetic Learning Algorithms
Semantic Databases
Poetry composing programs
Use of alternative metaphors/analogies
Summary of C-Linkable Expertshells
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Date: 31 Oct 88 23:22:45 GMT
From: sunybcs!rapaport@boulder.colorado.edu (William J. Rapaport)
Subject: Natural Language Universities
In article <30300005@levison> levison@levison.applicon.UUCP writes:
>
> I am interested in going back to school to get a Masters (and
> possibly a PhD) in Computer Science. Specifically I am interested in
> the Natural Language branch of AI.
See: Directory of Graduate Programs in Computational Linguistics, 2nd
ed., compiled by Martha Evens, in Computational Linguistics 12 (1986).
William J. Rapaport
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science||internet: rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu
SUNY Buffalo ||bitnet: rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet
Buffalo, NY 14260 ||uucp: {decvax,watmath,rutgers}!sunybcs!rapaport
(716) 636-3193, 3180 ||fax: (716) 636-3464
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Date: 1 Nov 88 17:44:54 GMT
From: sm.unisys.com!aero!srt@oberon.usc.edu (Scott R. Turner)
Subject: ES for student advising
In article <58885A5V@PSUVM> A5V@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>I would appreciate receiving any lead to works done on expert systems
>apply to student advising (curriculum advising)
I believe that Harry Tennant's Ph.D. thesis from University of Illinois
from ages ago (70s?) was about a curriculum advising system. This was
probably the first major attempt at such a system. The thesis was
published in book form, but I doubt that it is still available. Maybe
a good library will have a copy, or you could try ordering the dissertation
from U of I.
-- Scott
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 88 09:18:19
From: GOLUMBIC%ISRAEARN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: ES for student advising
You may be interested in the paper "A knowledge-based expert system for
student advising" by M.C. Golumbic, M. Markovich, S. Tsur and U.J. Schild,
IEEE Trans. on Education 29 (1986) 120-123.
Two other technical reports have been submitted for publication this year.
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Date: 4 Nov 88 18:03:55 GMT
From: finin%prc.unisys.com@burdvax.prc.unisys.com (Tim Finin)
Subject: ES for student advising
In article <40522@aero.ARPA>, srt@aero (Scott R. Turner) writes:
>In article <58885A5V@PSUVM> A5V@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
> >I would appreciate receiving any lead to works done on expert systems
> >apply to student advising (curriculum advising)
>
>I believe that Harry Tennant's Ph.D. thesis from University of Illinois
>from ages ago (70s?) was about a curriculum advising system. This was
>probably the first major attempt at such a system. The thesis was
>published in book form, but I doubt that it is still available. Maybe
>a good library will have a copy, or you could try ordering the dissertation
>from U of I.
Tennants 1981 Dissertation was about the evaluating NLP systems. The
exact title is "Evaluation of Natural Language Processors". It was
available as report T-103, Coeerdinated Science Laboratory, University
of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Tennant publised a book in the same year
entitled "Natural Language Processing" (Petrocelli Books, Inc.,
Princeton; ISBN 0-89433-100-0). Which was a survey of the NLP field.
In that book, he discussed the "Automatic Advisor", a system he did
(circa 1976-77) for his MS thesis at the U. of Illinois at Chigaco
Circle.
--
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)
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Date: 2 Nov 88 23:48:00 GMT
From: mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!brian@ohio-state.arpa (Brian
Holtz)
Subject: Genetic Learning Algorithms
In a previous article, Michael A. de la Maza writes:
>
> Has anyone compiled a bibliography of gla articles/books?
In "Classifier Systems and Genetic Algorithms" (Cognitive Science and
Machine Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report No. 8) Holland
lists some 80 or so applications of GAs, and offers a complete
bibliography to interested parties. He can be reached at the EECS Dept.,
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109 (he doesn't seem to have an obvious
email address here...). You can get a copy of the technical report from
Sharon_Doyle@ub.cc.umich.edu.
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Date: 3 Nov 88 11:32:04 GMT
From: mcvax!unido!infhil!schunk@uunet.uu.net (Michael Schunk)
Subject: Semantic Databases
You may find some literature in the acm computing surveys:
2/87 Atkinson/ Buneman
3/87 Hull/ King
3/88 Peckham/ Maryanski
Springers Lecture Notes in Computing Science, Volume 334,
contains papers from the second international
workshop on obj. oriented database systems.
Michael Schunk
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Date: 3 Nov 88 17:31:10 GMT
From: kww@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (K Watkins)
Subject: Re: Poetry composing programs
I believe that Marie Borroff worked on a project to "teach a computer to write
poetry" something over a decade ago. My vague recollection is that she
concluded that such an effort can produce verse but not poetry. Sorry I don't
remember more. If you follow up on this, I would be interested in hearing
about it!
I don't even know whether she is on the net, let alone her electronic address.
But you can reach her through the English department of Yale University in New
Haven, Connecticut.
Karellynne ("K") W. Watkins - watkins@rvax.ccit.arizona.edu
standard disclaimer
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Date: 3 Nov 88 21:16:01 GMT
From: august@locus.ucla.edu (Stephanie August)
Subject: Use of alternative metaphors/analogies
In article <488@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> sme@doc.ic.ac.uk (Steve M Easterbrook)
writes:
>Hi. I am trying to recall the reference to a paper I read a while ago
>which discussed the use of analogies in learning. In particular this
>paper showed how different metaphors can be used to illustrate different
>features of the same concept. I think the example used was that of the
>behaviour of gas molecules, using such metaphors as crowded rooms, etc
>to help understand such concepts as pressure.
The article you want is
Gentner, Dedre, and Gentner, Donald R. (1983)
Flowing Waters or Teeming Crowds: Mental Models of
Electricity. In Dedre Gentner and Albert L. Stevens (Eds.),
_Mental Models_. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p.99
>Or it might have been the
>one which used an example of explaining how a variable works by
>comparing it to a box, amongst other things.
You might also be thinking of the programming examples in papers
on the GRAPES simulation of John Anderson's ACT theory of learning. See:
Anderson, John R. (1986)
Knowledge compilation: the general learning mechanism.
In R.S. Michalski, J.G. Carbonell, and T.M. Mitchell (Eds.),
_Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach_,
Kaufmann, Los Altos CA.
Anderson, John R., Farrell, Robert, and Sauers, Ron. (1984)
Learning to Program in LISP. _Cognitive Science_, 8, 87-129.
-- Stephanie E. August
Computer Science Dept, UCLA
<august@cs.ucla.edu>
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Date: 4 Nov 88 09:54:08 GMT
From: mcvax!hp4nl!tnoibbc!sp@uunet.uu.net (Silvain Piree)
Subject: Summary of C-Linkable Expertshells
Three weeks ago I posted a question about C-linkable shells; well here's the
summary. I would like to thank everybody who helped me. (I am not responsible
for any errors in the summary )
If anyone has info-material for the mentioned shells could you please
send it to me either by email or directly to the adress shown at the
bottom of this letter or use telefax ( 3115-620304 ).
Summary of C-Linkable expertshells :
Name : KES
Firm : Software Architects and Engineering, Inc.
Adress : Sussex Suite, City Gates, 2-4 Southgate
Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 2DJ
United Kingdom
Computer : MS-DOS, DEC Vaxs, Apollo, Sun
Linking : Language hooks for c
Price : Approxomately 2300 pounds for pc's,
4000 pounds for workstations and
14200 pounds for vaxs
Name : CxPERT
Firm : Software Plus
Adress : 1652 Albermarie Dr
Crofton, MD 21114
(301) 261-0264
Computer : MS-DOS
Linking : Produces C-source
Price : $495
Name : TRC ( "Translate rules to C" )
Firm : Public domain ( uunet.uu.net, 1 or 2 years ago in comp.sources.unix )
( If somebody has the source could you please email it to me !!! )
Adress : --
Computer : Computers with C-compiler
Linking : Produces C-source
Price : --
Name : Rulemaster
Firm : Radian Corp.
Adress : PO Box 201088
Austin, Texas 78720-1088
512-454-4797
Computer : Unix, VMS, MS-DOS
Linking : Produces C-source
Price : ??
Name : Stimulus
Firm : National Engineering Laboratory
Adress : ??
Computer : ??
Linking : Produces C-source
Price : ??
Name : ERS ( Embedded Rule-Based System )
Firm : PAR Government Systems Corp.
Adress : 220 Seneca Turnpike
New Hartford, NY 13413-1191
(315)-738-0600
Computer : Vaxes, Suns, MS-DOS, UNIX or any computer with C-compiler
Linking : They wrote me ERS can easily be integrated with C but they
didn't write me how. ( ERS is written in C )
Price : ??
Name : CLIPS
Firm : COSMIC
Adress : ??
404-542-3265
Computer : MS-DOS, Amiga ( and I guess every computer with a C-compiler )
Linking : Produces C-source
Price : $250
Name : NEXPERT OBJECT
Firm : Neuron Data Inc.
Adress : 444 High St.
Palo Alto
California
94301
Computer : IBM AT/PS2, Mac, Vax, HP, Sun, Appolo
Linking : Language hooks for c
Price : MS-DOS - 5800 ECU
UNIX - 9800 ECU
Name : G2
Firm : Gensym Corporation
Adress : ??
Cambridge, MA
(617) 547-9606
Computer : ??
Linking : Link with C-code
Price : ??
Name : M.1, S.1 and COPERNICUS
Firm : Teknowledge, Inc.
Adress : ??
Los Angeles, CA
Computer : ??
Linking : fully integrable with C ( All written in C )
Price : ??
Name : OPS83
Firm : Production Systems Technologies
Adress : 642 Gettysburg Street
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
(412) 362-3117
Computer : ??
Linking : Linked to C
Price : ??
Name : Sierra OPS5
Firm : Inference Engines Technology
Adress : ??
Computer : MS-DOS
Linking : Language hooks for C
Price : ??
--
Silvain Piree: TNO - IBBC USENET : sp@tnosel
: lange kleiweg 5 UUCP : ..!mcvax!tnosel!sp
: 2288 GH Rijswijk
: the Netherlands VOICE : +31 15 606405
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