``MINERVA capabilities closely track those that are being studied and aquired by major Banks and Insurance firms here in the US'' -- Jim Heldman, Berkeley
Expert Services on the Web
MINERVA is IF Computer's new Java based implementation of Prolog. It has been especially designed for use in the internet, providing the full power of ISO-Prolog inside your Java enabled web browser.
MINERVA can be used to generate both Applets and Applications; which may execute on the client side, inside the browser and on the server side.
MINERVA is easily embedded into Java applications and Java procedures are easily incorporated into MINERVA code.
Target Areas
Financial Services Legal and Tax Advice Distance Learning Intelligent Help Desks
For example, a life insurance firm may wish to provide detailed product knowledge to its clients via the internet. Clients benefit by being able to use this executable knowledge (the Minerva code), with their own personal data, in full privacy, without the intrusive salesman!
The insurer benefits from the high level representation and maintainability the Prolog code offers and may deliver such services without introducing heavy computational load on their own server machines.
Availablility
Internet Site, Intranet Site, Standalone and OEM Licences for MINERVA match business needs of corporate and educational users.
Server side MINERVA is verified with UNIX workstations from DEC, HP, IBM, SGI, Sun and for PCs with Windows NT 4.0.
Client side MINERVA is verified on Java-enabled browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
Please see the detailes in http://www.ifcomputer.com/MINERVA/