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O’Keefe, Robert
St. Johns, Brunel University
London, United Kingdom
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  Knowledge systems through Prolog
Kim S., Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY, 1991.  Type: Book (9780195072419)

Kim intended this text as a gentle integrated approach to Prolog, knowledge-based systems (KBSs), and software development, such as might be required in a first course for engineers or scientists with no previous experience in Prolog o...

Nov 1 1993  
  Computer simulation
McHaney R., Academic Press Prof., Inc., San Diego, CA, 1991.  Type: Book (9780124841406)

It seems only yesterday that the teacher of a course on discrete-event simulation was limited in the choice of a text. The last couple of years have witnessed a deluge of introductory texts covering this topic. This one caught my eye e...

Jul 1 1992  
  SIL--A simulation language: user’s guide
Houbak N., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, 1990.  Type: Book (9780387524979)

The &mgr;SIL continuous simulation language runs on IBM PCs or compatibles with a math coprocessor. &mgr;SIL is not particularly powerful--it is capable of simulating only ordinary differential equation models, avoidin...

Jul 1 1991  
  MIS and information economics: augmenting rich descriptions with analytical rigor in information systems design
Barua A., Kriebel C., Mukhopadhyay T.  Information Systems (, Boston, MA, Dec 4-6, 1989) 3391989.  Type: Proceedings

Approaches to evaluating an information system can be roughly divided into two camps: information economics, based on measuring the objective worth to the organization of the information generated, and user satisfaction, based on asses...

Jan 1 1991  
  Knowledge-based systems for management decisions
Mockler R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1989.  Type: Book (9789780135169070)

In the author’s own words, this book “gives an introduction to knowledge-based systems, and how to develop these systems in a wide range of business situations.” It is split into three parts. Part 1 is the...

Nov 1 1989  
  Theories of explanation: expert systems and simulation
Helman D., Bennett J., Ablex Publishing Corp., Norwood, NJ, 1988.  Type: Book (9780893914486)

Explanation facilities, frequently mentioned as one of the major advantages of expert systems, generally have not lived up to their billing. Helman and Bennett begin their paper with a critique of present explanation and trace faciliti...

May 1 1989  
  Simulating computer systems: techniques and tools
MacDougall M., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1987.  Type: Book (9780262132299)

This book is an introductory text on using simulation to analyze computer systems. Written by a practitioner, it is a practical text that will be of interest to computer science professionals, academics, and students requiring an intro...

Aug 1 1988  
 
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This is one of a growing number of introductory texts, from both sides of the Atlantic, on simulation. It covers all three simulation paradigms--Monte Carlo, discrete, and continuous--but with a primary emphasis on di...

Jul 1 1987  
 
 
 
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