The Fifth Generation Computer Project

Editor's Foreword

Publisher's Note

Invited Papers


1 Overview and Introduction to the Fifth Generation


2 Knowledge for Machines


3 VLSI Overall System Design


4 VLSI Applications: Speech Processing


5 Distributed Processing Power in Memory


6 Japan—Road to the Future


7 Logic as the Fifth Generation Computer Language


8 Content Addressing as an Aid to Information Management


9 The Intelligent Interface System


10 The Need for Theory to Illuminate Problem Solving and Inference


11 Computer Architectures for the Fifth Generation


12 Intelligent User Interfaces


13 A View of the Fifth Generation and Its Impact

Invited Paper References

Analysis


1: Introduction—The Role of Information in Human Affairs


2: The Scope and Present Status of Information Engineering


2:1 Engineering in Society


2:2 User's Needs and Computer Design


2:3 The Field of Interest in Information Engineering


2:4 Architecture Design for People


2:5 The 'Anatomy' of Information and Consequent System Design Objectives


3: Technology Forecasting


4: Technology Forecast for Information Engineering


4:1 The Present Situation


4:2 Current Evolutionary Forces


4:3 Forecast Scenario


5: An Assessment of the JIPDEC Proposals

Analysis References

Bibliography

An Annotated Bibliography of the Fifth Generation Computer Project

Index

Subject and Contributor Index