(University of Oregon, 1988-12-30) Fickas, Stephen; Doerry, Eckehard; Meyer, David; Miller, Peter
In this paper we argue for a minimalist view of language design for Expert System
environments. In support of our arguments we present MIN, a minimal language which
extends the less-is-better philosophy of Scheme to include both object-based and rule-based
components. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of MIN as an embodiment of
the minimalist philosophy, and point to other work supporting this view of language design.
(University of Oregon, 1988-11-17) Fickas, Stephen; Anderson, John
We argue that in certain problem domains, AI planning can be viewed as a foundation for
generation, critiquing, and elaboration of a specification. Two specification design projects in
our group are used as a focus of discussion .
