Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence: Integration Aspects

This volume contains the proceedings of a joint workshop held in Ulm in March 1990 that was organized by two special interest groups of the German Informatics Society to discuss the integration of Artificial Intelli- gence and database technology.

Inhalt
A semantics for the integration of database modifications and transaction brackets into a logic programming language.- Handling incomplete knowledge in artificial intelligence.- Negation in logic programming: A formalization in constructive logic.- Database support for knowledge representation?.- A KBMS for BABYLON.- Database concepts for the support of knowledge-based systems.- Integrity and recursion: two key issues for deductive databases.- An approach to DBS-based knowledge management.- Knowledge bases and databases: Current trends and future directions.- Terminological reasoning and information management.- Conceptual modeling of database applications.- Information analysis: A step by step clarification of knowledge and requirements.- Model-based knowledge acquisition.- Practical experiences a panel session.- Practical experiences in coupling knowledge base and database in a productive environment.- Performance measurements and analyses of coupling approaches of database and expert systems and consequences to their integration.- Integration of AI systems in conventional environments.