The Implementation of Prolog / Patrice Boizumault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boizumault, Patrice, author.

Contributor:

Djamboulian, Ara M.

Fattouh, Jamal.

Series:

Princeton Readings in Religions ; 261

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / Boizumault, Patrice

INTRODUCTION

Part I. Fundamental Principles of the Language

INTRODUCTION TO PART I.

CHAPTER 1. UNIFICATION

CHAPTER 2. RESOLUTION AND PROLOG CONTROL

CHAPTER 3. IMPROVING PROLOG CONTROL

Part II. Principles and Techniques of Implementation

INTRODUCTION TO PART II

CHAPTER 4. CONTROL AND STACK(S) MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 5. REPRESENTATION OF TERMS

CHAPTER 6. DETERMINISTIC CALL RETURNS

CHAPTER 7. LAST-CALL OPTIMIZATION

CHAPTER 8. CLAUSE INDEXING

CHAPTER 9. COMPILATION OF PROLOG

CHAPTER 10. THE DIF AND FREEZE PREDICATES OF PROLOG-II

Part III. Implementations

INTRODUCTION TO PART III

Presentation Outline

CHAPTER 11. MINI-CPROLOG

CHAPTER 12. MINI-WAM

CHAPTER 13. MINI-PROLOG-II

CHAPTER 14. BUILT-IN PREDICATES

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A. MINI-CPROLOG

APPENDIX B. MINI-WAM

APPENDIX C. MINI-PROLOG-II

APPENDIX D. COMMON PART

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781400863440

1400863449

OCLC:

979583774