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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

247.0. "Training ... Your Opinions Please !" by YIPPEE::REID () Thu Nov 08 1990 17:06

    Regarding the AI Training Program in January ....
    
    At the AI Forum, I mentioned that we were looking for a good Tool
    to offer as a training option to OPS 5. (Originally, the option was
    going to be EPITOOL ... ). 
    
    I've looked into some other tools and found that the cost of offering
    them is high.  NEXPERT is an exception because the course on
    the tool itself, as well as the Prototyping course, both exist and the
    instructor(s) is a DEC employee.
    
    The question is this: 
    
     Is it best to offer OPS 5 and NEXPERT .... or .... is wiser to offer
    
     only OPS 5 ?   
    
     In other words, is NEXPERT better than no option at all ?
    
    Tell me what you think.
    
    - Malcolm 
    
      
    
    
    
    
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247.1my voteACTRIX::dehartogmoduladaplisprologopsimulalgolThu Nov 08 1990 17:257
How do you measure "having an option?"

IMHO Having no option is better than Nexpert.

Nexpert means: C is a prerequisite

					Hans.
247.2KETJE::VANDEVYVERLuc Van de Vyver 856-7577Fri Nov 09 1990 14:5212
I second Hans (.1) opinion.

The purpose is to use a tool to study and prototype expert systems, 
but at the same time one learns a tool. 
This means the learning cycle of the tool must be as short as possible, 
and must require as less pre-requisites as possible (e.g. C).


It puzzles me however, that we have problems replacing EPITOOL for training and
pre-sales purposes. According to the partylines there shouldn't be a problem...

Luc