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| 279.1 | COGSYS Real-Time Shell. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:15 | 26 |
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Vendor : Cogsys Ltd. Enterprise House, Unit 37, Salford Univ. Business Park,
Salford M6 6AJ, UK.
Tel : 061 745 7604 (omit the leading 0 if calling from outside of UK)
Tool : Cogsys Real Time Shell.
Process Control Applications.
Blackboard system using "cognitive entity". Data time stamping
(theoretically) supporting temporal reasopning.
Structured as KBS and GPI (General Purpose Interface) allowing direct
access to plant data, also support communication with PLCs and Process
Controllers. (of type not specified).
The KBS uses a KRL (Knowledge representation Language) describing
Procedural activity and declarative knowledge. Demons are linked to
external inputs or timed events.
Forward/Backward rule chaining. Support (?) for fuzzy logic, truth
maintenance, and testing of hypotheses.
Cost : 15k pounds sterling (no more details given).
Original developer : SD Scicon.
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| 279.2 | TIRS of IBM (IBM's Repository/SAA) | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:28 | 30 |
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Vendor : IBM. (You know where to find them....)
Tool : TIRS (The Integrated Reasoning Shell).
New family of KBS development tools. Integrated in IBM's Repository
andAD/Cycle framework, described as "strategic base to which
functionality will be added". Apparently one of the primary features
of IBM's Repository/SAA strategey is to create a Knowledge Processing
Environment (KPE) that would contain descriptions of rules and objects
that any product running on top of KPE could use. The rules and objects
would be defined as Repository types. The KPE would contain the
inferencing and control code necessary for any application to
wishing to use the Repository Rules and objects. It is believed that
KPE will be a combinationof ESE, KnowledgeTool, TIRS and "some new
stuff" - and is being referred to as TIRS II.
Forward/Backward chaining rules, Rete pattern matching, opportunistic
reasoning, Frames with inheritance and user defined relationships.
Graphical development environment.
Delivery system is compiled and can be "embedded".
According to reports TIRS is a "expanded.... version of KnowledgeTool".
Cost : ???
Platforms : IBM Mainframes (OS2).
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| 279.3 | ESB-96, Siemens-Plessey. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:33 | 20 |
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Vendor : Siemens Plessey. Grange Rd, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4JE UK.
Tel : 0202 404757
Tool : ESB-96.
For "building KBS with OOPS".
Common Lisp based, bring Object Oriented Lisp (CLOS) facilities to
"LISP naive users". X-windows interface.
Integrated set of tools combining OO with rule based reasoning, KB
and modelling environment.
Product of competitive ESPRIT project, commercially developed by
Siemens Plessy.
Platforms : Microexplorer; SUN under Allegro Common Lisp; "most" UNIX WSs.
MACIntosh version produced by Procyon Research Ltd, Cowley Rd,
Cambridge UK .
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| 279.4 | PROKAPPA and KAPPA. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:41 | 36 |
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Vendor :IntelliCorp Inc. 1975 El Camino Real West, Mountain View, CA 94040-2216,
Tel : 415 965 5500
or - 10 Jewry street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8RZ. UK
Tel : 0962 735348
Tool : PROKAPPA.
ES Development tool for UNIX WSs. X-Windows; dynamic graphic user
interface; SQL interface to DBs. The KRL, ProTalk allows interfacing
with C code. Developed from the KAPPA PC shell (see below for KAPPA).
OO facilities similar to Intellicorps KEE. ProTalk supports
Forward/Backward chaining and backtracking. Generated applications can
be embedded. optional extra Data Access System provides dynamic links
between SQL DB and the ProKappa object system.
Cost : ??????
Platforms : UNIX based, vendors not specified.
Tool : KAPPA.
ES Shell running on PC 286 and 386 with MS-Windows.
Rule based, OO and functional programming; links to other
applications, spreadsheets and databases.
OO features include multi-valued slots, object as slot value, demons,
message passing, object networks and inheritance by reference. The
integrated rule system supports message passing from rules, of rule
sets, multiple conclusions and non-boolean conclusions; plus lots more.
Cost : 3500$ upwards....
Platforms : PC's 286 and 386.
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| 279.5 | The SCHEDULER, IntelliCorp Inc. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:50 | 21 |
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Vendor :IntelliCorp Inc. 1975 El Camino Real West, Mountain View, CA 94040-2216,
Tel : 415 965 5500
or - 10 Jewry street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8RZ. UK
Tel : 0962 735348
Tool : SCHEDULER for Manufacturing systems.
Based on KEE and for development of KB scheduling applications for MFg
industry.
Designed for both dailing scheduling and long term planning. As a daily
schduling application it is integrated with factory floor machinery,
enabling the production personnel to react rapidly to problem
situations.
Workbench contains canned algorithms and primitives for use in
building a customised scheduling application.
Scheduling Application generator for use by developers, domain and task
experts.
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| 279.6 | LEVEL5 Object, Info Builders. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:52 | 23 |
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Vendor : Information Builders Inc.
1250 Broadway (what a show!), New York NY 10001, US.
Tel : 212 736-4433
or
Station House, Harrow road, Wembley, Miidlesex HA9 6DE, UK
Tel 081 903 6111.
Tool : Level5 Object.
OO implementation of Level5 from same vendor. Initially available
for PCs only. Other versions expected early 1991 for VAX/VMS.
Full OO support; written in C++. KR includes Objects, rules, use of
hypertext. Inferencing includes forwards/backwards chaining, fuzzy
reasoning support, customisable conflict resolution.
Level5 applications can be imported and recompiled to Level5 Object.
Costs : 2160 pounds sterling upwards, for PCs.
Platforms : IBM/PC PS/2, DOS.
during course of 1991 VAX/VMS, SUN, MACIntosh.
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| 279.7 | PROSPEX Scheduling system, Sira. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:54 | 21 |
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Vendor : Sira Ltd.
South Hill, Chiselhurst, Kent BR7 5EH, UK
Tel : 081 467 2636.
Tool : PROSPEX Scheduling System.
Joint development with clients from Food Chemical and Petrochemical
industries.
For shopfloor use in continuous and batch processing. Combines ES
techniques with conventional modelling and algorithms.
SIRA claim "easy to use requiring no programming skills"
Supports manual and automatic schedule generation (no mention of
mixed mode), and "what if" simulation.
Cost : ???
Platforms : PC 386 and VAX/VMS.
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| 279.8 | LEONARDO, CREATIVE LOGIC, UK. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 10:56 | 15 |
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Vendor : Creative Logic ltd.
Brunel Science Park, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge UB8 3PQ, UK
tel : 0895 74468
Tool : LEONARDO (V3.2)
KR includes rules, objects, frames, procedures. OO Includes
multi-level class structures, instance as member of more than one
class. Rules can access slots from multiple classes (Joins). Interfaces
to external procedures and support for hypertext access.
Cost : 4000 pounds sterling upwards....
Platforms :PCs, VAX/VMS and SUN
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| 279.9 | CLIPS OBJECT, Cosmic. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 11:00 | 19 |
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Vendor : Cosmic.
382 E Broad Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Tel : 404 542-3265
Tool : CLIPS 5.0 with Objects.
An update to CLIPS which introduces the COOL (Clips Object Oriented
Language) functionality . It is said to support "many of the
features" found in CLOS and SmallTalk, but is not "tightly integrated"
with the rule system.
Earlier versions supported forward chaining rules , with a syntax
which allows free-form patters, pattern templates, single/multi
field variable bindings, amongst other (unmentioned) features.
Cost : ?????
Platforms : "Portable C"!
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| 279.10 | ART-ada and ART-IM. | YIPPEE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Wed Feb 13 1991 11:02 | 27 |
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Vendor : Inference Corp.
5300 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Tel : 213 417-7997
Tool : ART-ada.
A new version of ART for ADA delivery environments, targetted at the
defence and aerospace industries. VMS based with DECwindows.
Based on well establsihed ART functionality. Developed application
are converted into an ADA package and compiled/linked with the ART-ada
RT environment.
Cost : $17,500
Platforms : VAXSTATION.
Tool : ART-IM
ART Information Management. C-based version of ART, with all,of the
basic functional features plus the capability to interface with VAX
VMS and ULTRIX applications.
Cost : $17,500
Platforms : VAX (VMS and ULTRIX) and IBM
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| 279.11 | Survey of Tools | YIPPEE::MCGREGOR | | Tue Mar 12 1991 10:06 | 11 |
| IEEE Computer Feb 1991 has a Comparison of the following ES tools:
ART-IM, CLIPS, KES, Level 5, OPS5.
This is a good survey, complete with benchmark timings.
I can copy and send it to anyone who doesnt have access to this mag.
(CLIPS sounds great, and its virtually free....)
George
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| 279.12 | Remember..... | CHEVIE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon VB/EIC | Tue Mar 12 1991 10:34 | 8 |
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Ref. .-1;
When reading the indicated comparison, it should be noted that in the case
of CLIPS and Level5 the information used appears to be out of date since it
makes no mention of the CLIPS Object (e.g. criticises lack of inheritance) and
Level5 Object versions of these products which were released in the course of
1989/90.
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| 279.13 | RAL - Rule extensions to C. | CHEVIE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon, Valbonne EIC | Wed Nov 06 1991 16:34 | 17 |
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Vendor : Production Systesm (Dr. Charles Forgy.)
Tel : 091/325 35 49 (Impakt, Belgium)
Tool : RAL, Rule-extended Algorithmic Language. Enables you to mix both Rules
and Objects with your conventional C statements. RAL Pre-processor
then converts the rule/object extensions to standard C. RAL uses the
"new RETE II algorithm" designed by Forgy. Employs a technique callled
"generalised forward chaing" whihc (wait for it!) "provides the
essential capabilities of both forward and backward chaining". Supports
multiple Knowledge sources.
Cost : 44150 Bfr (which platform???)
Platforms: PCs, Sun-3, SPARC and DECstation
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| 279.14 | RAL -wrong Tel. No. (Ref: .-1) | CHEVIE::FITZGIBBON | Joe Fitzgibbon, Valbonne EIC | Wed Nov 06 1991 16:37 | 1 |
| Ref .-1 (error) Tel should read 091/25 35 49.
Joe.
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