Example applications illustrate where MINERVA is strong and why, what the target areas are and how it complements existing technology.

Application areas include government services, routine consulting tasks, help desks, advice, intelligent World Wide Web front ends, sales support etc systems for large audiences. Competitive advantages provided by MINERVA are: reduced network traffic for interactive applications, faster response times, reduced server work load, client privacy protection, reduced effort for client system administration in addition to the well published software engineering benefits inherited from the Prolog and Java paradigms.

MINERVA is the ideal implementation tool for

• large
  potentially many clients
• dynamic
  modifications and extensions expected during system use
• internet based
  communication is essential
• intelligent
  not only canned text and graphics
• interactive
  for consulting and simulations
• cooperative
  user and system contribute to the solution

By contrast, MINERVA is likely not a good choice for the implementation of a simple database of static image files or for traditional EDP accounting batches on a proprietary mainframe.

MINERVA is a Prolog compiler and Prolog machine implemented in Java, executable as applets for easy integration into large scale public or private client server systems using standard internet and world wide web technologies.

MINERVA is a commercial product by IF Computer. MINERVA implements a subset of ISO-Prolog with Java access and other extensions.