The Implementation Of Prolog

Author : Patrice Boizumault
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : T. Van Le
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992-11-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 047157175X

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Techniques of Prolog Programming with Implementation of Logical Negation and Quantified Goals by T. Van Le Pdf

Approaches the subject by applying the format used in successful language courses. Offers a comprehensive exhibition of Prolog programming techniques in four stages--declarative, procedural, advanced and meta-programming. Presents simple and efficient implementation of logical negation and quantified goals which are necessary in expert systems. The dynamics of these new features are shown in the construction of a multilingual expert system shell that supports negative and quantified queries as well as subtypes. The easy-to-follow tutorial style and numerous fully-solved exercises facilitate understanding. Comes with 3.5 inch disk containing all programs in the book.

Author : Leon Sterling
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : W. F. Clocksin,C. S. Mellish
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Robert M. Colomb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Prolog (Computer program language)
ISBN : UCSC:32106009433555

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Implementing Persistent Prolog by Robert M. Colomb Pdf

Author : Max Bramer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Hassan Aït-Kaci
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262510588

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Warren's Abstract Machine by Hassan Aït-Kaci Pdf

This tutorial demystifies one of the most important yet poorly understood aspects of logic programming, the Warren Abstract Machine or WAM. The author's step-by-step construction of the WAM adds features in a gradual manner, clarifying the complex aspects of the design and providing the first detailed study of WAM since it was designed in 1983.Developed by David H. D. Warren, the WAM is an abstract (nonphysical) computer that aids in the compilation and implementation of the Prolog programming language and offers techniques for compiling and optimizing symbolic computing that can be generalized beyond Prolog. Although the benefits of the WAM design have been widely accepted, few have been able to penetrate the WAM. This lucid introduction defines separate abstract machines for each conceptually separate part of the design and refines them, finally stitching them together to make a WAM. An index presents all of the critical concepts used in the WAM. It is assumed that readers have a clear understanding of the operational semantics of Prolog, in particular, of unification and backtracking, but a brief summary of the necessary Prolog notions is provided.Contents: Introduction. Unification -- Pure and Simple. Flat Resolution. Prolog. Optimizing the Design. Conclusion. Appendixes.

Author : Patrick Blackburn,Johannes Bos,Kristina Striegnitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1904987176

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Learn Prolog Now! by Patrick Blackburn,Johannes Bos,Kristina Striegnitz Pdf

Prolog is a programming language, but a rather unusual one. Prolog'' is short for Programming with Logic'', and the link with logic gives Prolog its special character. At the heart of Prolog lies a surprising idea: don't tell the computer what to do. Instead, describe situations of interest, and compute by asking questions. Prolog will logically deduce new facts about the situations and give its deductions back to us as answers. Why learn Prolog? For a start, its say what the problem is, rather than how to solve it'' stance, means that it is a very high level language, good for knowledge rich applications such as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and the semantic web. So by studying Prolog, you gain insight into how sophisticated tasks can be handled computationally. Moreover, Prolog requires a different mindset. You have to learn to see problems from a new perspective, declaratively rather than procedurally. Acquiring this mindset, and learning to appreciate the links between logic and programming, makes the study of Prolog both challenging and rewarding. Learn Prolog Now! is a practical introduction to this fascinating language. Freely available as a web-book since 2002 (see www.learnprolognow.org) Learn Prolog Now! has became one of the most popular introductions to the Prolog programming language, an introduction prized for its clarity and down-to-earth approach. It is widely used as a textbook at university departments around the world, and even more widely used for self study. College Publications is proud to present here the first hard-copy version of this online classic. Carefully revised in the light of reader's feedback, and now with answers to all the exercises, here you will find the essential material required to help you learn Prolog now.

Author : Tu Van Le
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computer programming
ISBN : 0646014331

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The Techniques of Prolog Programming by Tu Van Le Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bookboon
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788776815141

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Applications of Prolog by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre Deransart,Jan Maluszynski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990-08-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 354053010X

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Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming by Pierre Deransart,Jan Maluszynski Pdf

This volume consists of the papers accepted for presentation at the second international workshop on Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming (PLILP '90) held in Linköping, Sweden, August 20-22, 1990. The aim of the workshop was to identify concepts and techniques used both in implementation of programming languages, regardless of the underlying programming paradigm, and in logic programming. The intention was to bring together researchers working in these fields. The volume includes 26 selected papers falling into two categories. Papers in the first category present certain ideas from the point of view of a particular class of programming languages, or even a particular language. The ideas presented seem to be applicable in other classes of languages. Papers in the second category directly address the problem of integration of various programming paradigms. The proceedings of the predecessor workshop PLILP '88, held in Orléans, France, May 16-18, 1988, are available as Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 348.

Author : Richard O'Keefe
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,8 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 : 292 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540593047

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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 : Pierre M. Nugues
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540343363

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An Introduction to Language Processing with Perl and Prolog by Pierre M. Nugues Pdf

This book teaches the principles of natural language processing and covers linguistics issues. It also details the language-processing functions involved, including part-of-speech tagging using rules and stochastic techniques. A key feature of the book is the author's hands-on approach throughout, with extensive exercises, sample code in Prolog and Perl, and a detailed introduction to Prolog. The book is suitable for researchers and students of natural language processing and computational linguistics.

Author : J. M. Spivey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015037334573

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An Introduction to Logic Programming Through Prolog by J. M. Spivey Pdf

Logic programming has increasing significance in computer science beyond the current fashion for expert systems. This book takes a software engineering rather than an expert systems/AI approach and covers logical theory, practical programming and PROLOG im