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- Message-ID: <19930126.010841.923@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:01:18 CET
- Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
- Subject: Announcement of A.S.A.P (A Simple Approach to Problems)
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- ASAP (A Simple Approach to Problems) is an easy-to-use knowledge
- acquisition tool that automatically generates consultable
- expert systems.
-
- ASAP is tailored for classification type expert systems like
- diagnostic, help desks, selection, disposition systems or
- process control.
-
- ASAP contains two knowledge editors:
- - A Graphical editor, allows design decision trees in an easy
- way on the screen
- - A Textual editor, that allows to enter the knowledge as
- "knowledge pieces", e.g. as possible causes of fault in
- a diagnostic system.
- Both editors can be used for developing the same knowledge base.
- A translator converts the KB from on editors knowledge model
- to the other's.
-
- The ASAP Development environment generates a knowledge base,
- that is interpreted by the ASAP Runtime environment.
- The Runtime environment
- - contains the Inference engine
- - the user dialog screens
- - interfaces for external routines (e.g. database access)
- - Trace, Undo and Redo functions
- - is available in different versions:
- + as a C-written stand alone module
- + as TIRS module (TIRS = The Integrated Reasoning Shell - IBM
- Programm Product)
- + Other runtime version in any other AI or procedural Languages
- can be developed, as the ASAP KB format is open (e.g.
- a PROLOG Runtime version is under development).
-
- ASAP can easily be integrated into other software environments.
-
- It can integrate Pictures as explanations and has interfaces, that
- makes it easy to integrate Multimedia functions, as movies or sound.
-
- It runs under OS/2 2.0 (the Beta version also runs under OS/2 1.3).
-
- ASAP has been developed by the KBS groups of IBM Vimercate/Italy,
- IBM Sindelfingen/Germany and IBM Santa Theresa Lab/CA USA.
-
- The ASAP Beta Version is available. The Beta Test runs until March 93.
- It involves IBM selected customers in that Beta Test.
-
- If you want more information on ASAP, send us a note incl. your
- Fax or mailing address.
- If you are interested in participating in the Beta Test, please
- tell us.
-
-
-
-
- Dietmar Bestenlehner
- IBM Germany Sindelfingen Plant PHONE: 49-12-4103 FAX: 49-12-4161
- CIM IM Manufacturing Concepts IBMMAIL: DEIBMPVZ at IBMMAIL
- Knowledge Based Systems BITNET: BESTENLD@vnet.bitnet
- Dep.6244 Adr.7030-62 INTERNET: BESTENLD@vnet.ibm.com
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