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Not long ago"e; Dennis Merritt wrote one of the best books that I know of about implementing expert systems in Prolog, and I was very glad he published it in our series. The only problem is there are still some unfortunate people around who do not know Prolog and are not sufficiently prepared either to read Merritt's book, or to use this extremely productive language, be it for knowledge-based work or even for everyday programming. Possibly this last statement may surprise you if you were under the impression that Prolog was an "e;artificial intelligence language"e; with very limited application potential. Please believe this editor's statement that quite the opposite is true: for at least four years, I have been using Prolog for every programming task in which I am given the option of choosing the language. Therefore, I 'am indeed happy that Dennis Merritt has written another good book on my language of choice, and that it meets the high standard he set with his prior book, Building Expert Systems in Prolog. All that remains for me to do is to wish you success and enjoyment when taking off on your Adventure in Prolog.

When I compare the books on expert systems in my library with the production expert systems I know of, I note that there are few good books on building expert systems in Prolog.

Petri nets provide a formal framework for system modelingand validation which has proven to be very reliable inpractice. This book presents variousnet models appropriatefor designing specific systems, where systems are understoodvery generally as "organizational systems" in whichregulatedflows of objects and information are significant.

The Ada Generic Library provides an extensive well-documented library of generic packages whose use can substantially increase software productivity and reliability. Professional Ada programmers will find The Ada Generic Library an invaluable tool in building application programs or in further construction of generic libraries.