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OSCON (Operating System CONsultant) is a computer program which answers, in English, English queries about computer operating systems. The program answers queries in less than 2.5 seconds. The program accepts input in the form of typed English queries and answers queries queries on over 40 commands. OSCON is intended to be a consultant for various types of users who may ask vague and detailed queries. OSCON is programmed in Quintus Prolog. Unique to this operating system consultant is the fact that it answers queries on more than one operating system. This is enabled by the general effect representation used for describing the effects of commands. The representation contains information about the effect name, objects of the effect, and the location where the effect will apply. The representation is used for describing commands from the UNIX † and MS-DOS† operating systems.
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McKevitt, P., Pan, Z. (1990). A General Effect Representation for Operating System Commands. In: Smeaton, A.F., McDermott, G. (eds) AI and Cognitive Science ’89. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3164-9_5
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