AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROLOG SYSTEM FOR SIMULATION

Award Information

Agency: National Science Foundation

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Agency Tracking Number: 5293

Amount: $40,000.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

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Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

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Small Business Information

Quintus Computer Systems Inc.

2345 Yale Street

Palo Alto, CA 94306

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

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Business Contact

Name: Dr. William A. Kornfeld
Title: Chief Scientist
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Research Institution

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Abstract

ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING NEW KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION METHODOLOGIES IS THE "OBJECT-ORIENTED" APPROACH. ONE OF THEWEAK POINTS IN MANY OF THE OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS PREVIOUSLY STUDIED IS THE LACK OF A SUFFICIENTLY EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL REASONING ENGINE. FOR THIS REASON, THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD DEAL OF INTEREST IN DEVELOPING A PROLOG-BASED OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM: PROLOG HAS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND POWERFUL REASONING TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TODAY. QUINTUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SOPHISTICATED OBJECT-ORIENTED PROLOG SYSTEM FOR MODELING, SIMULATION AND PROTOTYPING COMPLEX SYSTEMS. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE BEST OBJECT-ORIENTED TOOLS IN A PROLOG ENVIRONMENT, WHERE THE PROLOG INFERENCE ENGINE IS AVAILABLE NOT JUST FOR REASONING BUT FOR THE DEFINITION OF METHODS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS. ELEGANT AND EFFICIENT ACCESS TOFOREIGN SOFTWARE WILL BE ADDED TO PROVIDE THE "MULTIPLE PARADIGM" ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOR FAST MODELING AND PROTOTYPING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS.

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AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROLOG SYSTEM FOR SIMULATION