SwarmExec: A Prolog-Based Execution Engine for a Shared-Database Language with Visualization Capabilities

Authors

Kenneth C. Cox, Washington University in St Louis
C. Donald Wilcox, Washington University in St Louis
Jerome Y. Plum, Washington University in St Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

1990-12-01

Filename

WUCS-91-08.pdf

Technical Report Number

WUCS-91-08

Abstract

We have implemented a Prolog execution engine for the shared-database language Swarm extended with visualization capabilities. We call this execution engine SwarmExec. SwarmExec runs on a Macintosh Iifx under Advanced A.I. Systems' Prolog (AAIS) and communicates over an Ethernet connection with a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris which serves as a graphical engine and renders the visualizations. This paper describes the major design elements of SwarmExec. A basic familiarity with Swarm and its visualization extensions is assumed; the interested reader is referred to the referenced papers.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7RX99FB

Recommended Citation

Cox, Kenneth C.; Wilcox, C. Donald; and Plum, Jerome Y., "SwarmExec: A Prolog-Based Execution Engine for a Shared-Database Language with Visualization Capabilities" Report Number: WUCS-91-08 (1990). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/626