| Prolog in Java. e-Commerce, e-Government, Knowledge Management, Help Desks,
Expert Advice, Infomediation, Case Based Reasoning, Resource Allocation,
Web hosted services, Web Brokers, Intelligent Agents.
When evaluation, simulation, advice, consulting is central to your
business mission,
whenever you want to provide services, not just data, through
internet browsers, MINERVA is the tool for you.
ISO-13211-1 Prolog compiler and executive hosted in Java, MINERVA is a
commercial programming system for large private or public
intelligent client-server applications on the internet.
MINERVA is the core technology of the
Software Infrastructure for Global Strategic Information Systems
by IF Computer.
MINERVA exploits Internet and World Wide Web technologies
to implement truly distributed solutions; data and programs are
used on the local machine.
In contrast to Java, MINERVA is declarative and high level. It
includes a memory based database, search facilities, and pattern matching,
all needed for intelligent interactive cooperating applications.
MINERVA is specifically designed for compute-intensive intelligent
tasks like consulting and custom design. Solutions based on MINERVA
thus allow not only mail-order type mass merchandising, but also
highly individualized interaction like tax advice and life insurance
simulation. MINERVA allows to project headquarter expertise right
into the clients internet browser. Interaction is handled on the
client machine, so response times do not suffer from internet access
delays.
Consider as example the process of purchasing (view from the client
side) or selling (view from the server side) a modern life insurance
policy: a fairly complex financial product possibly individually
configured according to the client's requirements, medical history,
legal constraints, financial market details, and the marketing
strategy of the specific life insurer with respect to its direct
and indirect competitors: the rules are known by the life insurer
but the bulk of the data needed to formulate a competitive offer
and to evaluate the offer with respect to desired properties
is only available at the client side.
This simple example illustrates major commercial advantages of MINERVA:
- reduced server load
Even highly interactive and computationally intensive
consulting and simulation tasks are handled locally by the
client machine, greatly reducing required network
bandwidth and computing resources.
Delegating the computing load to the client allows to serve
very large user groups with reasonable server resources
and thus greatly reduces the cost for large systems.
- reduced network traffic
Since interaction is local there is no need to transmit
data to and from the server simply to maintain an interactive
application user interface. This greatly reduces network
traffic both on the clients' local network and on the servers
internet link.
- privacy protection
Client side data can be used for interactive simulation
of "what-if" scenarios without compromising user privacy
- consider a tax advice server run by your government.
MINERVA provides server side knowledge to the client
machine in executable but binary form: e.g. product
information is individually accessible to potential
customers but not globally downloadable by your
competitor.
- internet security
MINERVA allows to embed encryption/decryption facilities
on the client side for secure data transport,
e.g. to do credit card processing over public networks.
The MINERVA applications are all transmitted in
compiled, virtually impenetrable binary form.
- highly scalable system architecture
MINERVA uses Internet technology; scaling systems from
a prototype with a single client to a global server with
potentially millions of users does not require any
changes to the software, neither on the client nor
on the server side.
- no client side system administration
Internet connectivity is one of the most popular
uses of PCs in todays households, educational institutions
and commercial businesses.
Your MINERVA based client/server application can use these
resources without any administrative effort reqired on your part.
Your customer need not buy any additional equipment or software.
- based on standards
MINERVA uses well understood and proven technologies. The
implementation is founded in sound software engineering and
international standards. Using MINERVA is exploiting
a clever combination of seasoned methods.
- wide interoperability
MINERVA is implemented in Java and executable stand-alone
and/or over private or public networks. Clients only
require an internet or intranet connection and a Java-enabled
internet browser. All these components are today available as
off-the shelf products for PCs, workstations, Macintoshes
and are expected to be incorporated into mass produced
personal devices including game machines, TV sets and
productivity tools.
- backed by IF Computer
We are independent international supplier of advanced
commercial infrastructure software since 1982.
Specializing in software for knowledge based and other
strategic systems, our software is in use across
a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, chemical,
government services, civil engineering, securities and
telecommunications.
We are now observing the World Wide Web in its transition from
static, canned contents -pre-written HTML pages- into a
responsive and interactive medium, useful for all kinds of
social, governmental and corporate communications.
At the same time, "The Web" is growing at a mind-boggling rate,
becoming accessible and used for very practical purposes by
a wide variety of demographic groups.
We are realizing that we have now an environment where everybody
has access to all existing information. The competitive edge is
not in the data any more: it is in the right ways to judge and
select data for a given purpose.
MINERVA leverages your Strategic Information Systems into the
global internet: MINERVA helps you to provide better service.
Used as hardware and OS independent Platform Technology for
Internet based Engineering Groupware, MINERVA allows to build completely
scalable interactive and interoperational applications.
MINERVA is a declarative language that inherits and combines the
advantages of Java and Prolog, resulting in a very practical
tool. MINERVA is implemented in Java and provides the core functionality
of ISO/IEC 13211-1.
For more information on MINERVA mail to
info@ifcomputer.com
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