Project STEAMER: 4. A Primer on Conlan-A Constraint-Based Language for Describing the Operation of Complex Physical Devices.

摘要

The main objective of the STEAMER effort is to develop and evaluate advanced knowledge-based techniques for use in low-cost portable training systems. The project is focused on propulsion engineering as a domain in which to investigate these computer-based training techniques. This report, the fourth in a series on the STEAMER project, describes a computer language that allows the description of a set of objects, the composition of these objects into complex system descriptions, and the simulation of the modelled system in a qualitative manner. Keywords: Propulsion engineering; Intelligent computer aided instruction; Artificial intelligence; Computer graphics. (aw)