Parallelization in Inference Systems

International Workshop, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, December 17-18, 1990. Proceedings
1992
ISBN: 978-3-540-55425-7
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 590, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1200 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

This volume contains the proceedings of an international
workshop on parallelism in inference systems held in Germany
in December 1990. The topicof the workshop is still rather
young and several papers in the book are overview articles
intended to provide a first orientation toward some of the
more intensively investigated subtopics.
The main part of the book is a compilation of research
papers on parallelization in special domains ofinference
such as rewriting, automatic reasoning, logic programming,
andconnectionist inference. Appended to the book is a
collection of short project summaries received in response
to a worldwide email call.
The book is intended primarily for researchers working on
inference systems who are interested in parallelizing their
systems.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wrightson, Graham

Fronhöfer, Bertram

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmierung: Methoden und Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Funktionale, Logische, Parallele und Visuelle Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Hochleistungsrechnen, Supercomputer
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Potentiality of parallelism in logic.- Parallel theorem provers An overview.- Parallel unification: Theory and implementations.- Connectionist inference systems.- Implementing parallel rewriting.- Experiments with Roo, a parallel automated deduction system.- A process algebra over the Herbrand Universe: Application to parallelism in automated deduction.- Using the Reform inference system for parallel Prolog.- Random competition: A simple, but efficient method for parallelizing inference systems.- Parallel and efficient implementation of the compartmentalized connection graph proof procedure: Resolution to unification.- Constraint satisfaction via partially parallel propagation steps.- A parallel theorem prover with heuristic work distribution.- Non-WAM models of logic programming and their support by novel parallel hardware.- The adam abstract dataflow machine.- Parallel computation model for parallel prolog.- Application of connectionist models to fuzzy inference systems.- CHCL — A connectionist inference system.- Project Summaries.