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Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

Title:Europe-Swas-Artificial-Intelligence
Moderator:HERON::BUCHANAN
Created:Fri Jun 03 1988
Last Modified:Thu Aug 04 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:442
Total number of notes:1429

136.0. "epitool training in US" by HERON::ROACH (TANSTAAFL !) Mon Sep 25 1989 11:52

Printed by: Pat Roach                                    Document Number: 008785
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                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     18-Sep-1989 06:39pm CET
                                        From:     EVANS
                                                  EVANS@AITG@52410@MRGATE@VALMTS@VBO
                                        Dept:      
                                        Tel No:    

TO:  ROACH@A1NSTC


Subject: See below

From:	AITG::LACHIUSA     "AI Marketing - DLB5-1/E2, DTN 291-8048" 18-SEP-1989 10:18:50.34
To:	evans,select::carter
CC:	papageorge
Subj:	Sue please make sure this gets to the field, Keith please fwd to SELECT

From:	AIADM::TSS "15-Sep-1989 1705"   15-SEP-1989 17:40:29.76
To:	TSS_Distribution
CC:	
Subj:	EPITOOL COURSE OFFERING


             ******************************************************
             *                                                    *
             *       Educational Services Intelligent Systems     *
             *                                                    *
	     *		      is happy to announce                *
             *                                                    *
             *                1 st offering of the                *            
             *                                                    *
	     *			EPITOOL course                    *
             *                                                    *
             *         (open to Digital Employees only)           *
             ******************************************************

	
Dates:		17 - 20 October 1989 

Location:	Carribean Classroom in DLB12,
		295 Donald Lynch Boulevard
		Marlboro

Price:          $ 595/person

Registration:	Please have your manager send a message to Robyn Maki, 
		(DTN 291-8893) at ESIS::MAKI including the following
		information:
		
		- Name of person attending the course
		- Email, phone and mailstop
		- Cost center

		Cost center manager needs also to send a message to
		Robyn Maki with approval. 

		Number of attendants are limited to 20.


Information:	For more information contact 
		Malin Goodwin at ESIS::GOODWIN or DTN 291-8894
		

About EPITOOL:
--------------
	EPITOOL is a Lisp based hybrid expert system tool developed by 
	Epitec AB in Link�ping, Sweden. As announced at IJCAI in Detroit,
	EPITOOL will be a software product distributed and sold by Digital.

	EPITOOL	has a wide range of knowledge representations including 
	forward and backward chaining rules, objects and methods, and 
	functions for represenation of procedural knowledge. Epitool also
	provides functions for creation of Decwindows-style application
	graphics, and call-in  call-out to any VAX supported language.

	Development of Knowledge bases can either be done on a VAX station,
	using development graphics, windows and menus, or on a regular
	terminal using Epitools own command language.  
	
        
About the course:
-----------------

		--------------------------------------
        Observe: This is a unique opportunity to get your EPITOOL training
	from two representants of Epitec, Sweden.
                --------------------------------------
	        
	The course consists of lectures and labs. Labs will provide the 
	students with a hands on experience working with the tool. The
	topics covered in the course are:

	- Knowledge Representation in Epitool: 
		Concepts, Aspects, Individuals, Objects-Methods.

	- Actions:
	  	Rules, Backward and Forward chaining. Functions.
		Rule sets.

	- Development tools:
		Error handling, Debugging

	- Values:
		Uncertain, Unknown, Descriptions, Groups.

	- End user interface:
		Questions, Application graphics, Explanations,
		Streams and active paths

	- Integration

	- Customizing the development environment.
		
	



About the instructors:
----------------------


	Kristina Ernstsson - Educational Training Manager at Epitec AB

	Kristina has been with Epitec for 2 years and is responsible for
	the Epitecs Epitool training. She was earlier in the group for
	Programming Environments at Link�ping University, Sweden. 



	Bj�rn M�ller - Project Manager Knowledge Systems at Epitec AB

	Bj�rn has 4 years of experience with Epitool and consulting, and 
	has been with Epitec since the founding of the company. He has 
	been involved in several financial applications.

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