1 comments about Simply Logical.

1. The author of this book may be a great logician, but he compunicates his ideas extremely badly, making this book agonisingly difficult to read.

   The author is clearly not a native English speaker, and avoids explaining any concepts in depth, instead using page after page of Prolog code to demonstrate principles.

   This tiny book really isn't worth the paper its printed on.

No comments about A Turbo Prolog Primer.

No comments about An Introduction to Prolog.

No comments about Turbo Prolog User's Handbook: Version 2.0.

No comments about Micro-Prolog: Programming in Logic.

No comments about Intelligent Image Processing in Prolog.

1 comments about Knowledge Systems and Prolog: Developing Expert, Database and Natural Language Systems.

1. The Sowa work is important for anyone who designs a knowledge based system with a fairly complex rule structure. The mechanics of programming design of a knowledge system involve metalevel programming. The systems designer writes rules and rules on how to use the
   rules. A rule has a head, a body (goal). A goal is either a
   single or conjunction. A single goal always succeeds. A
   conjunctive goal succeeds if both parts succeed. A single goal
   succeeds if there is a rule whose head matches the goal and whose
   body succeeds.

   The programming mechanics of artificial intelligence must be
   presented in an easy-to-follow format; otherwise the technical
   programming theory and implementation will be more difficult
   for a novice to grasp. This work is perfect as a supplemental
   text in an introductory or intermediate-level course in
   artificial intelligence in a computer science or engineering
   program. A strength of the work is that the author provides a good explanation of the basic theory of AI programming
   with accompanying examples depicting implementation.

   The work is a solid value for the price charged. This presentation would be very helpful in a formal research project
   of Artificial Intelligence.

No comments about Prolog (International Computer Science Series).

No comments about Turbo Prolog Programmer's Guide.

1 comments about Agent-Oriented Programming: From Prolog to Guarded Definite Clauses.

1. Ringwood and Huntbach were my professors in graduate school. They taught us a course titled Multi Agent Systems. Much of the areas covered in those lectures find their way in this superb account on AI programming.

   The first few chapters are accessible to readers without a strong AI background. The material gets more involving as we go through the book.

   Interestingly, the book develops the idea of 'agent-oriented' programming chronologically from the the days preceeding the Fifth generation project to present day multi-agent technologies.

   I would highly recommend the book to all AI students, researchers and practitioners.