
The Implementation of Prolog
Patrice Boizumault(Author)
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 14. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
314 pages
978-0-691-60939-3 (ISBN)
Description
A semantically well-defined programming language widely used in artificial intelligence, Prolog has greatly influenced other programming languages since its introduction in the late 1970s. A user may find Prolog deceptively easy, however, and there are a number of different implementations. In this book Patrice Boizumault draws from his extensive experience in Prolog implementation to describe for students of all levels the concepts, difficulties, and design limits of a Prolog system. Boizumault introduces the specific problems posed by the implementation of Prolog, studies and compares different solutions--notably those of the schools of Marseilles and Edinburgh--and concludes with three examples of implementation. Major points of interest include identifying the important differences in implementing unification and resolution; presenting three features of Prolog II--infinite trees, dif, and freeze--that introduce constraints; thoroughly describing Warren's Abstract Machine (WAM); and detailing a Lisp imple-mentation of Prolog. Originally published in 1993.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-60939-3 (9780691609393)
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Patrice Boizumault
The Implementation of Prolog
E-Book
03/2015
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€70.49
Available for download
Persons
Patrice Boizumault
Cotranslated by Ara M. Djamboulian and Jamal Fattouh
Content
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPt. IFundamental Principles of the LanguageCh. 1UnificationCh. 2Resolution and Prolog ControlCh. 3Improving Prolog ControlPt. IIPrinciples and Techniques of ImplementationCh. 4Control and Stack(s) ManagementCh. 5Representation of TermsCh. 6Deterministic Call ReturnsCh. 7Last-Call OptimizationCh. 8Clause IndexingCh. 9Compilation of PrologCh. 10The dif and freeze Predicates of Prolog-IIPt. IIIImplementationsCh. 11Mini-CPrologCh. 12Mini-WAMCh. 13Mini-Prolog-IICh. 14Built-In PredicatesConclusionAppendix A: Mini-CPrologAppendix B: Mini-WAMAppendix C: Mini-Prolog-IIAppendix D: Common PartBibliographyIndex