Later: managing temporal information efficiently

The Later (LAyered TEmporal Reasoner) system is a general-purpose manager of temporal information which provides a high-level interface language. Later works as a specialized temporal module loosely coupled with other modules to deal with time in different tasks. The Later knowledge server operates...

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Published inIEEE expert Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 56 - 64
Main Authors Brusoni, V., Console, L., Terenziani, P., Pernid, B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.1997
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Artificial intelligence
Computer architecture
Computer interfaces
Concrete
High level languages
Information management
Knowledge based systems
Later
Problem-solving
Query processing
Temporal information
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Summary:The Later (LAyered TEmporal Reasoner) system is a general-purpose manager of temporal information which provides a high-level interface language. Later works as a specialized temporal module loosely coupled with other modules to deal with time in different tasks. The Later knowledge server operates as a cooperative agent for use by various problem solvers (or applications) that need to deal with time. Its clear, easy-to-use interface language lets users easily manipulate and query a temporal knowledge base. Later's predictable behavior means that temporal reasoning is correct and complete, and that reasoning is computationally tractable. Its query processing is efficient; in fact, query processing is the basis of the integration with other reasoning tasks.
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ISSN:0885-9000
2374-9407
DOI:10.1109/64.608197