AppBuilder for DSSTools: An application development environment for developing decision support systems in Prolog

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 107-125

  Kim, Geneho ^a,b   Nute, Donald ^a   Rauscher, H Michael ^a   Loftis, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Programming environments; Prolog

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROLOG (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); RAPID PROTOTYPING;

APPALACHIAN HARDWOOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE APPBUILDER; SOUND INFERENCE MECHANISMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034214061     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00101-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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