Max Bramer is Emeritus Professor of Information Technology at the University of Portsmouth, England. He has taught Prolog to undergraduate computer science students and used Prolog in his own work for many years. Some of Max Bramer’s other Springer publications include:Principles of Data Mining, 2nd EditionResearch and Development in Intelligent SystemsArtificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice

From the book reviews: "This book is a very practical introduction to the Prolog programming language. It would be good for students in a classroom setting or for a professional working at his or her desk. A job well done." (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)

• Introduction.- Getting Started.- Clauses and Predicates.- Satisfying Goals.- Operators and Arithmetic.- Input and Output.- Loops.- Preventing Backtracking.- Changing the Prolog Database.- List Processing.- Strong Processing.- More Advanced Features.- Using Grammar Rules to Analyse English Sentences.- Prolog in Action.- Appendix 1 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 2 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 3 – Specimen Solutions to Practical Exercises.- Appendix 4 – Glossary.- Index.

Max Bramer is Emeritus Professor of Information Technology at the University of Portsmouth, England. He has taught Prolog to undergraduate computer science students and used Prolog in his own work for many years. Some of Max Bramer’s other Springer publications include:Principles of Data Mining, 2nd EditionResearch and Development in Intelligent SystemsArtificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice

From the book reviews: "This book is a very practical introduction to the Prolog programming language. It would be good for students in a classroom setting or for a professional working at his or her desk. A job well done." (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)

• Introduction.- Getting Started.- Clauses and Predicates.- Satisfying Goals.- Operators and Arithmetic.- Input and Output.- Loops.- Preventing Backtracking.- Changing the Prolog Database.- List Processing.- Strong Processing.- More Advanced Features.- Using Grammar Rules to Analyse English Sentences.- Prolog in Action.- Appendix 1 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 2 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 3 – Specimen Solutions to Practical Exercises.- Appendix 4 – Glossary.- Index.

Max Bramer is Emeritus Professor of Information Technology at the University of Portsmouth, England. He has taught Prolog to undergraduate computer science students and used Prolog in his own work for many years. Some of Max Bramer’s other Springer publications include:Principles of Data Mining, 2nd EditionResearch and Development in Intelligent SystemsArtificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice

From the book reviews: "This book is a very practical introduction to the Prolog programming language. It would be good for students in a classroom setting or for a professional working at his or her desk. A job well done." (Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)

• Introduction.- Getting Started.- Clauses and Predicates.- Satisfying Goals.- Operators and Arithmetic.- Input and Output.- Loops.- Preventing Backtracking.- Changing the Prolog Database.- List Processing.- Strong Processing.- More Advanced Features.- Using Grammar Rules to Analyse English Sentences.- Prolog in Action.- Appendix 1 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 2 – Built-in Predicates.- Appendix 3 – Specimen Solutions to Practical Exercises.- Appendix 4 – Glossary.- Index.