Articles

A sampling of useful articles is included in the product. There are many more articles on Amzi!'s website at www.amzi.com/articles.

Exploring Prolog, PC AI Sep/Oct 93 -- Introduces Prolog by presenting various techniques and applications, including an adventure game, object- oriented programming, animal identification and tax form calculation.
Prolog Under the Hood: An Honest Look, PC AI Sep/Oct 92 -- Examines the inner workings of Prolog, explaining backtracking and unification.
White Paper on Rules, Prolog and Logic Server Technology -- Provides an overview of what rules are, how they are applied, and the features of the Prolog language that makes it ideal for writing rules.
Building Custom Rule Engines, PC AI, Mar/Apr 96 -- An introduction to the techniques used in building custom rule engines in Prolog. Many small examples are provided as illustration. The complete source code is in the Amzi! Prolog Samples.
Java Meets Prolog for Advisors, Analysts and Agents PC AI, Nov/Dec 96 -- Encapsulating a Prolog engine in a Java Class.
Using Rules to Code the Heart and Soul of VB Applications, VB Tech Journal, Sep 95 -- An introduction to combining Prolog and Visual Basic to implement an intelligent genealogical database. See samples for the code example used in this article.
Objects and Logic--C++ Meets Prolog, PC AI, May/Jun 95 -- A discussion of encapsulating Prolog code within C++ objects.
Extending C with Prolog, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Aug 94 -- An introduction on integrating C and Prolog, with some background on Prolog that indicates which parts of an application are best coded in Prolog, and which in C. Illustrated with a multimedia installation expert system.
Designing and Building a PC Card Installation Expert, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Aug 96 -- Gregg Weissman describes how Xircom uses Amzi! and C/C++ to intelligently install their network and modem cards.
Scheduling the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Games -- Describes how Amzi! Prolog was used to create a perfectly balanced schedule that meets fairness and television constraints for the ACC.