Pat and Peter, (01)
Just two points: (02)
PH> AI systems check your credit rating and make informed
> (and surprisingly intelligent) guesses about whether or
> not your credit card was stolen recently. Its not so-called,
> its already here. (03)
Yes, indeed. And the programming language used for most of
those systems is good, old Prolog -- the first of the logic
programming languages. (04)
At the end of this note is the press release for the purchase
of Prologia by Experian -- one of the top three credit-checking
companies in the US. And Prologia is the company that was founded
by Alain Colmerauer, the original developer of the first Prolog. (05)
PFB> I would argue whether the examples you cite are evidence
> of artificial intelligence or just well-designed transactional
> systems. (06)
The boundary of AI is not well defined. What I would say is that
those systems illustrate the value of logic-programming methods.
Prolog (and similar logic-programming systems) are ideally suited
to complex reasoning in high-volume transactional systems. I have
seen complex transactional systems that failed spectacularly with
traditional methods, but which succeeded with Prolog. (07)
John
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http://www.experiangroup.com/corporate/news/releases/2005/2005-10-25/ (09)
Experian expands risk management capabilities in France with
acquisition of Prologia (010)
25 October 2005 (011)
Experian, the global information solutions company, has strengthened its
leading position in the market for decision support, analytics for risk
management with the acquisition of Prologia, a software company
specialising in financial risk planning and management. Prologia is
particularly strong in the French mortgage sector. (012)
Created in 1984, Prologia has been part of the Air Liquide services
group since 2000. Prologia will become part of Experian-Scorex,
Experian’s specialist decision support business, and will enable
Experian-Scorex to enlarge its portfolio of risk management solutions. (013)
"Decision solutions is a key activity of Experian and we continue to
invest both in research and development as well as in acquisitions.
Prologia brings us its expertise and knowledge of the property market,
which is key to the banking and finance sectors. We will be better armed
and positioned to answer their needs. This acquisition further
emphasizes our market-leading role in the decision support arena," said
Roger Aubrook, President of Experian-Scorex. (014)
Anne-Françoise Douix, Managing Director of Prologia, added: "We are
really proud of becoming part of Experian. The combination of our
complementary product portfolios will strengthen both our companies,
providing our clients with more advanced solutions, while giving
Prologia immediate access to international markets for its solutions." (015)
The acquisition is consistent with Experian’s global strategy of
acquiring complementary businesses that provide new products, new data
or entry into new vertical or regional markets, while leveraging the
core assets of Experian. (016)
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