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Flexible Computing in the 21st Century
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lennan, Bruce J. Mac |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Abstract | At this symposium the NIPT Research Committee reported on the results of a two-year preliminary study for an R&D project to develop the computer-technology foundations of \the information network society of the 21st century" (Ishii 1991). This technology comprises: (1) exible computing (\intuitive information processing"), (2) adaptive computing, and (3) massively parallel computing, including optical computers. This article will attempt: (1) to explain the importance of new information processing technology, (2) to discuss its potential impact on computing, and (3) to suggest research necessary to its successful implementation. It is now widely acknowledged that traditional AI (artiicial intelligence) has failed to live up to its promises. Although there are many reasons for this, a central one seems to be the inadequacy of rule-based representations of knowledge. The essence of the problem can be understood as follows. Anyone who has tried to write a set of administrative rules or procedures knows that there are always exceptional situations in which a rule should not be applied. Sometimes one can write additional rules to handle these exceptions, but then one can usually anticipate exceptions to these rules, and so forth. One may debate whether or not there can be an end to the |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/anon-ftp/FC21C-tr.ps.Z |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
