Traditional database systems have been able to manipulate large amounts of data efficiently, whilst artificial intelligence (and in particular expert systems) have reasoned with rules, but rarely with data. It has become evident that to build truly intelligent information systems, facilities are required from artificial intelligence and database and distributed technologies. This book consists of seventeen selected and revised papers on the next generation of information systems, based on papers presented at two workshops, one on integrating artificial intelligence and databases, and the other on intelligent and cooperating information systems. The papers address several core issues, such as intelligence, distribution, and multi-agent/cooperative systems, and focuses on designing and building such systems mainly through the use of intelligent agents. The book presents up-to-date developments in this interdisciplinary field, covering information systems, artificial intelligence, and distributed systems.
Author(s): M. P. Papazoglou, J. Zeleznikow (auth.), Michael P. Papazoglou, John Zeleznikow (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 611
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 315
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Database Management
The next generation of information systems — from intelligence to distribution and cooperation....Pages 1-8
A data and operation model for advanced database systems....Pages 9-36
An object-oriented data model to represent uncertainty in coupled artificial intelligence — database systems....Pages 37-48
Common architectures for databases and knowledge-based systems....Pages 49-57
The construction of maintainable knowledge bases....Pages 58-78
Adding qualitative reasoning to an organizational database for management decision support....Pages 79-103
Building human-centered intelligent cooperative information systems with IKEA....Pages 104-115
Database organisation for qualitative analysis: the NUDIST™ system....Pages 116-133
Using a prolog engine to integrate multiple knowledge sources: the KCM/Help-desk project....Pages 134-147
From relations to objects: A translation methodology for an object oriented front-end to RDBMSs....Pages 148-167
A framework for cooperative adaptable information systems....Pages 169-184
Problem solving in federative environments: The FRESCO concept of cooperative agents....Pages 185-203
Heterogeneous database integration architecture based on a conversation theoretic skeleton....Pages 204-222
Coarse-grained distributed agents for transparent access to remote information....Pages 223-237
A forward-chaining information framework....Pages 238-250
Using negotiation and coordination in multiagent Intelligent Cooperative Information Systems....Pages 251-270
A distributed cooperative agents architecture for software development....Pages 271-290
Knowledge selection in large knowledge bases....Pages 291-310
