Loom® Papers

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Refereed Papers

• "Better Knowledge Management through Knowledge Engineering"
  Alun Preece, Alan Flett, Derek Sleeman, David Curry, Nigel Meany, and Phil Perry. In IEEE Intelligent Systems 16:1, pp. 36-43, Jan-Feb, 2001.
  Abstract. Reprints available from IEEE.

• "Building and (Re)Using an Ontology of Air Campaign Planning"
  Andre Valente, Thomas Russ, Robert MacGregor and William Swartout. In IEEE Intelligent Systems 14:1, pp. 27-36, Jan-Feb, 1999.
  Abstract. Reprints available from IEEE.

• "A Description Classifier for the Predicate Calculus"
  Robert M. MacGregor. in Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, (AAAI 94), pp. 213-220, 1994.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (8pp)

• "Representing Reified Relations in Loom"
  Robert M. MacGregor. In Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 5:179-183, 1993.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (11pp)

• "Recognition Algorithms for the Loom Classifier"
  Robert M. MacGregor and David Brill. In Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, (AAAI 92), pp. 774-779, 1992.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (6pp)

• "Commitment-Based Software Development"
  William Mark, Sherman Tyler, James McGuire, and Jon Schlossberg In IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , October, 1992.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (16pp)

• "Using a Description Classifier to Enhance Deductive Inference"
  Robert M. MacGregor. In Proceedings Seventh IEEE Conference on AI Applications, pp. 141-147, 1991.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (7pp)

• "Using Polymorphism to Improve Expert Systems Maintainability"
  John Yen, Hsiao-Lei Juang, and Robert MacGregor. In IEEE Expert, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 48-55, 1991.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (25pp)

• "CLASP: Integrating Term Subsumption Systems and Production Systems"
  John Yen, Robert Neches, and Robert MacGregor. In IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering , Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 25-32, 1991.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (21pp)

• "A Deductive Pattern Matcher"
  Robert M. MacGregor. In Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, (AAAI 88), pp. 403-408, 1988.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (6pp)

Workshops

• "Practical Experiences in Trading Off Ontology Usability and Reusability"
  Thomas Russ, Andre Valente, Robert MacGregor and William Swartout. In Proceedings of the Twelfth Banff Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems Workshop , October 16-21, 1999. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  Abstract.
  This paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (20pp)

• "Toward Distributed Use of Large-Scale Ontologies"
  Bill Swartout, Ramesh Patil, Kevin Knight and Tom Russ. In Proceedings of the Tenth Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop , November 9-14, 1996. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  Abstract.
  This paper is the reference to Ontosaurus.

• "VEIL: Combining Semantic Knowledge with Image Understanding"
  Thomas A. Russ, Robert M. MacGregor, Behnam Salemi, Keith Price and Ram Nevatia. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, 1996.
  Also published in RADIUS: Image Understanding for Imagery Intelligence.
  Morgan Kaufman. ISBN 1-55860-450-2. pp. 409-418.
  Abstract. Table of Contents. The full paper is also available in compressed PostScript or PDF. (8pp)

• "Knowledge Representation for Computer Vision: The VEIL Project"
  Keith Price, Thomas Russ and Robert MacGregor. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, 1994.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in compressed PostScript or PDF. (9pp)

Technical Reports and Unpublished Memos

• "Retrospective on Loom"
  Robert MacGregor, based on the final report on the Loom project.

• VEIL Final Report
  Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 1997.
  The full paper is available in PDF. (68pp, 2.9MB)

• "Cosmos: A System for Supporting Engineering Negotiation"
  William Mark and Jon Dukes-Schlossberg. Lockheed Artificial Intelligence Center, Palo Alto, Ca.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (22pp)

• "Design, Implementation and Analysis of a Parallel Description Classifier"
  Eric Melz and Robert Macgregor. USC Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, CA, 1995.
  Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (17pp)

• "Machine Modeling in Loom"
  David Wilczynski and Thomas A. Lipkis. Pacific Software Solutions, 1911A Ernest Ave., Redondo Beach, CA, 1993.
  Overview. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF. (17pp)

• The Loom Knowledge Representation Language
  Robert MacGregor and Raymond Bates. Technical Report ISI-RS-87-188, USC Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, CA, 1987.
  Reprinted from Proceedings of the Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop, St. Louis, MO. April 21-23, 1987.

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