Prolog

Author : W. F. Clocksin,C. S. Mellish
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642966613

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Programming in Prolog by W. F. Clocksin,C. S. Mellish Pdf

The computer programming language Prolog is quickly gaining popularity throughout the world. Since Its beginnings around 1970. Prolog has been chosen by many programmers for applications of symbolic computation. including: D relational databases D mathematical logic D abstract problem solving D understanding natural language D architectural design D symbolic equation solving D biochemical structure analysis D many areas of artificial Intelligence Until now. there has been no textbook with the aim of teaching Prolog as a practical programming language. It Is perhaps a tribute to Prolog that so many people have been motivated to learn It by referring to the necessarily concise reference manuals. a few published papers. and by the orally transmitted 'folklore' of the modern computing community. However. as Prolog is beginning to be Introduced to large numbers of undergraduate and postgraduate students. many of our colleagues have expressed a great need for a tutorial guide to learning Prolog. We hope this little book will go some way towards meeting this need. Many newcomers to Prolog find that the task of writing a Prolog program Is not like specifying an algorithm in the same way as In a conventional programming language. Instead. the Prolog programmer asks more what formal relationships and objects occur In his problem.

Author : William F. Clocksin,Christopher S. Mellish
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540006788

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Programming in Prolog by William F. Clocksin,Christopher S. Mellish Pdf

Originally published in 1981, this was the first textbook on programming in the Prolog language and is still the definitive introductory text on Prolog. Though many Prolog textbooks have been published since, this one has withstood the test of time because of its comprehensiveness, tutorial approach, and emphasis on general programming applications. Prolog has continued to attract a great deal of interest in the computer science community, and has turned out to be the basis for an important new generation of programming languages and systems for Artificial Intelligence. Since the previous edition of Programming in Prolog, the language has been standardised by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and this book has been updated accordingly. The authors have also introduced some new material, clarified some explanations, corrected a number of minor errors, and removed appendices about Prolog systems that are now obsolete.

Author : Max Bramer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781846282126

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Logic Programming with Prolog by Max Bramer Pdf

Written for those who wish to learn Prolog as a powerful software development tool, but do not necessarily have any background in logic or AI. Includes a full glossary of the technical terms and self-assessment exercises.

Author : Fernando C. N. Pereira,Stuart M. Shieber
Publisher : Microtome Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780971977709

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Prolog and Natural-language Analysis by Fernando C. N. Pereira,Stuart M. Shieber Pdf

Author : Leon Sterling,Ehud Y. Shapiro
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262193388

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The Art of Prolog by Leon Sterling,Ehud Y. Shapiro Pdf

This second edition contains revised chapters taking into account recent research advances. More advanced exercises have been included, and "Part II The Prolog Language" has been modified to be compatible with the new Prolog standard. This is a graduate level text that can be used for self-study.

Author : Peter Flach
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-04-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0471942154

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Simply Logical by Peter Flach Pdf

An introduction to Prolog programming for artificial intelligence covering both basic and advanced AI material. A unique advantage to this work is the combination of AI, Prolog and Logic. Each technique is accompanied by a program implementing it. Seeks to simplify the basic concepts of logic programming. Contains exercises and authentic examples to help facilitate the understanding of difficult concepts.

Author : Leon Sterling
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262193019

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The Practice of Prolog by Leon Sterling Pdf

Addressed to readers at different levels of programming expertise, The Practice ofProlog offers a departure from current books that focus on small programming examples requiringadditional instruction in order to extend them to full programming projects. It shows how to designand organize moderate to large Prolog programs, providing a collection of eight programmingprojects, each with a particular application, and illustrating how a Prolog program was written tosolve the application. These range from a simple learning program to designing a database formolecular biology to natural language generation from plans and stream data analysis.Leon Sterlingis Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Science at Case Western ReserveUniversity. He is the coauthor, along with Ehud Shapiro, of The Art of Prolog.Contents: A SimpleLearning Program, Richard O'Keefe. Designing a Prolog Database for Molecular Biology, Ewing Lusk,Robert Olson, Ross Overbeek, Steve Tuecke. Parallelizing a Pascal Compiler, Eran Gabber. PREDITOR: AProlog-Based VLSI Editor, Peter B. Reintjes. Assisting Register Transfer Level Hardware Design, PaulDrongowski. Design and Implementation of aPartial Evaluation System, Arun Lakhotia, Leon Sterling.Natural Language Generation from Plans, Chris Mellish. Stream Data Analysis in Prolog, Stott Parker.

Author : Dennis Merritt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461234265

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Adventure in Prolog by Dennis Merritt Pdf

Not long ago" Dennis Merritt wrote one of the best books that I know of about implementing expert systems in Prolog, and I was very glad he published it in our series. The only problem is there are still some unfortunate people around who do not know Prolog and are not sufficiently prepared either to read Merritt's book, or to use this extremely productive language, be it for knowledge-based work or even for everyday programming. Possibly this last statement may surprise you if you were under the impression that Prolog was an "artificial intelligence language" with very limited application potential. Please believe this editor's statement that quite the opposite is true: for at least four years, I have been using Prolog for every programming task in which I am given the option of choosing the language. Therefore, I 'am indeed happy that Dennis Merritt has written another good book on my language of choice, and that it meets the high standard he set with his prior book, Building Expert Systems in Prolog. All that remains for me to do is to wish you success and enjoyment when taking off on your Adventure in Prolog.

Author : Richard O'Keefe
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262512275

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The Craft of Prolog by Richard O'Keefe Pdf

The emphasis in The Craft of Prolog is on using Prolog effectively. It presents a loose collection of topics that build on and elaborate concepts learned in a first course. Hacking your program is no substitute for understanding your problem. Prolog is different, but not that different. Elegance is not optional. These are the themes that unify Richard O'Keefe's very personal statement on how Prolog programs should be written. The emphasis in The Craft of Prolog is on using Prolog effectively. It presents a loose collection of topics that build on and elaborate concepts learned in a first course. These may be read in any order following the first chapter, "Basic Topics in Prolog," which provides a basis for the rest of the material in the book. Richard A. O'Keefe is Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is also a consultant to Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.Contents: Basic Topics in Prolog. Searching. Where Does the Space Go? Methods of Programming. Data Structure Design. Sequences. Writing Interpreters. Some Notes on Grammar Rules. Prolog Macros. Writing Tokenisers in Prolog. All Solutions.

Author : Pierre Deransart,AbdelAli Ed-Dbali,Laurent Cervoni
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642614118

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Prolog: The Standard by Pierre Deransart,AbdelAli Ed-Dbali,Laurent Cervoni Pdf

From the viewpoint of an "industrial" this book is most welcome, as one of the most significant demonstrations of the maturity of Prolog. Logic programming is a fascinating area in computer science, which held for years - and still does - the promise of freeing ourselves from programming based on the "Von Neumann" machine. In addition computer programming has long been for solid theoretical foundations. While conventional engineering, dealing mainly with "analogical complexity", developed over some hundred years a complete body of mathematical tools, no such toolset was available for "digital complexity". The only mathematical discipline which deals with digital complexity is logic and Prolog is certainly the operational tool which comes closest to the logical programming ideal. So, why does Prolog, despite nearly twenty years of development, still appear to many today to be more of a research or academic tool, rather than an industrial programming language? A few reasons may explain this: First, I think Prolog suffers from having been largely assimilated into - and thus followed the fate of - Artificial Intelligence. Much hype in the late 1980 created overexpectations and failed to deliver, and the counterreaction threw both AI and Prolog into relative obscurity. In a way, maybe this is a new chance for the Prolog community: the ability to carry out real work and progress without the disturbance of limelights and the unrealistic claims of various gurus. Second, programming in Prolog is a new experience for computer professionals.

Author : David S. Warren,Veronica Dahl,Thomas Eiter,Manuel V. Hermenegildo,Robert Kowalski,Francesca Rossi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031352546

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Prolog: The Next 50 Years by David S. Warren,Veronica Dahl,Thomas Eiter,Manuel V. Hermenegildo,Robert Kowalski,Francesca Rossi Pdf

This volume was motivated by the Year of Prolog initiative, launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emergence of Prolog through the work of Alain Colmerauer’s team in Marseille. The volume editors, authors, and scientific advisors and reviewers have been the leading researchers and programmers in this field over decades, and the book represents an excellent overview of the field, its successes, and its future. After a first chapter that gently introduces the Prolog programming language using examples, the next 7 papers discuss general views of the language, possible extensions for the future, and how Prolog can generally be used to solve problems; the next 5 papers explore ideas and experiences of teaching Prolog programming and then 2 papers discuss technology that has been developed for help in that teaching; the next 3 papers describe new languages based on Prolog which show future directions for logic programming; the next 5 chapters explain the applications that were the finalists for the 2022 Alain Colmerauer Prize; and the final 8 papers describe applications developed using the Prolog language, demonstrating the language’s range.

Author : Helder Coelho,Jose C. Cotta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642832130

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Prolog by Example by Helder Coelho,Jose C. Cotta Pdf

Prolog has a declarative style. A predicate definition includes both the input and output parameters, and it allows a programmer to define a desired result without being concerned about the detailed instructions of how it is to be computed. Such a declarative language offers a solution to the software crisis, because it is shorter and more concise, more powerful and understandable than present-day languages. Logic highlights novel aspects of programming, namely using the same program to compute a relation and its inverse, and supporting deductive retrieval of informa tion. This is a book about using Prolog. Its real point is the examples introduced from Chapter 3 onwards, and so a Prolog programmer does not need to read Chapters 1 and 2, which are oriented more to teachers and to students, respec tively. The book is recommended for introductory and advanced university courses, where students may need to remember the basics about logic program ming and Prolog, before starting doing. Chapters 1 and 2 were also kept for the sake of unity of the whole material. In Chapter 1 a teaching strategy is explained based on the key concepts of Pro log which are novel aspects of programming. Prolog is enhanced as a computer programming language used for solving problems that involve objects and the relationships between objects. This chapter provides a pedagogical tour of pre scriptions for the organization of Prolog programs, by pointing out the main draw backs novices may encounter.

Author : Patrice Boizumault
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781400863440

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The Implementation of Prolog by Patrice Boizumault Pdf

A semantically well-defined programming language widely used in artificial intelligence, Prolog has greatly influenced other programming languages since its introduction in the late 1970s. A user may find Prolog deceptively easy, however, and there are a number of different implementations. In this book Patrice Boizumault draws from his extensive experience in Prolog implementation to describe for students of all levels the concepts, difficulties, and design limits of a Prolog system. Boizumault introduces the specific problems posed by the implementation of Prolog, studies and compares different solutions--notably those of the schools of Marseilles and Edinburgh--and concludes with three examples of implementation. Major points of interest include identifying the important differences in implementing unification and resolution; presenting three features of Prolog II--infinite trees, dif, and freeze--that introduce constraints; thoroughly describing Warren's Abstract Machine (WAM); and detailing a Lisp imple-mentation of Prolog. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Acog,American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Publisher : American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Women's Health Care Physicians
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1934984000

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Prolog by Acog,American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Pdf

This unit is designed to help you manage symptoms of specific gynecologic, obstetric, and other medical conditions seen in office practice and apply epidemiologic principles to the health care of women. The obstetrician-gynecologist who completes Patient Management in the Office, Sixth Edition, will be able to: * Identify epidemiologic factors that contribute to women's health problems encountered in office practice and determine appropriate screening approaches to identify health issues in women * Correlate presenting signs and symptoms with appropriate diagnostic tools in making diagnoses of a variety of women's health care needs encountered in an office practice * Describe appropriate traditional and alternative management strategies for select conditions encountered in an office practice * Counsel patients about the impact of health and illness throughout their lives and about the risks and benefits of treatment * Apply professional medical ethics to the practice of obstetrics and gynecology * Incorporate appropriate legal, risk management, and office management guidelines and techniques in clinical practice

Author : Joachim Beer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989-12-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540520538

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Concepts, Design, and Performance Analysis of a Parallel Prolog Machine by Joachim Beer Pdf

This monograph presents a novel execution model for the parallel execution of standard sequential Prolog. In this execution model Prolog procedure calls can be efficiently pipelined, and the author shows how even fully deterministic Prolog programs can be effectively mapped onto the proposed architecture. The design is based on a highly optimized abstract Prolog specific instruction set. A special feature of this work is a sophisticated classification scheme for Prolog variables which substantially reduces the overhead for unification with occur-check. To support the model an architecture consisting of a circular pipeline of independent processors has been designed. This pipeline has been designed to work as a co-processor to a UNIX based workstation. In contrast to other attempts to execute sequential Prolog in parallel, the proposed model does not restrict the use of any of the standard Prolog language features. The book gives a full account of the execution model, the system architecture, and the abstract Prolog instruction set.