We present a design for an automated theorem prover that controls its search based on ideas from several areas of artificial intelligence (AI). The combination of case-based reaso...
Explicit preferences on assumptions as used in prioritized circumscription [McCarthy, 1986; Lifschitz, 1985; Grosof, 1991] and preferred subtheories [Brewka, 1989] provide a clear...
Batching jobs in a manufacturing system is a very common policy in most industries. The main reasons for batching are avoidance of set ups and/or facilitation of material handling...
A description classifier organizes concepts and relations into a taxonomy based on the results of subsumption computations applied to pairs of relation definitions. Until now, des...
The lack of an appropriate external data model is one of the reasons for the dearth of eective network management applications. Many network management computations over Managemen...