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Internet Programming with Logic Programming Languages and Constraint Solvers

Internet Programming with Logic Programming Languages and Constraint Solvers Paul Tarau University of North Texas & BinNet Corporation http://www.cs.unt.edu/~tarau http://www.binnetcorp.com tarau@cs.unt.edu, tarau@binnetcorp.com PART I: An Overview of Internet Development Trends

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Internet Programming with Logic Programming Languages and Constraint Solvers

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  1. Internet Programming with Logic Programming Languages and Constraint Solvers • Paul Tarau • University of North Texas & BinNet Corporation • http://www.cs.unt.edu/~tarau • http://www.binnetcorp.com • tarau@cs.unt.edu, tarau@binnetcorp.com

  2. PART I: An Overview of Internet Development Trends • A Goal Oriented view: • WHY to develop for the Internet? • WHAT to develop for the Internet? • HOW to develop for the Internet? • Emphasizing: from the public library to the shopping mall - the new focus on E-Commerce -

  3. Internet Growth: driven by E-Commerce • Critical mass needed: ~20% online • from random graphs: sudden emergence of a big component • Growth of E-commerce (US)1998 -> $29 billion1999 -> $98.4 billion2003 -> $1.2 trillion (source: eMarketer)

  4. Buying over the Internet • Initial markets: software, travel, books, CDs - MP3 • online stock trading: Schwab, E-Trade, Suretrade • online grocery: back to the future:-) HomeGrocer, NetGrocer, Peapod • online drugstores?

  5. Auctioning systems/electronic markets • eBay, priceline • price comparison/item matching agents: • EBay's Personal Shopper • Amazon’s book recommandations • more conventional shopping chart? • refereal programs: Amazon, priceline

  6. Trends in E-Commerce • Integration of e-commerce and corporate data processing systems • backend databases: DB2, Oracle • Complete e-commerce solutions vs. component based e-commerce systems • complete solution offerings: IBM • CGI scripts (Perl), servelets, SSI, Active Server Processes (ASP)

  7. Internet based e-commerce infrastructure • WWW - still in exponential growth for the next few years • payment is just Information Exhange - subject to automation! • Shopping by features: search, online browsing can do it better than asking a (not always) knowledgeable salesperson • place for LP/CP: the need for intelligent knowledge processing

  8. Encryption, digital signatures • conventional cryptography: DES, BlueFish • public key cryptography: RSA, PGP • confidentiality: PGP only a given group can decode, no need for key exchange • authentication • digital signature, certificates - VeriSign etc. • virgin territory for LP/CP: cryptography!

  9. Secure transactions • SSL basic security built in most browsers, alternative: SHTTP • still much better than conventional paper based security • DES: is it good for business transactions? (40 bit ok, 128bit - truly secure)

  10. Forms of electronic payment • Electronic Money • anonymus, unforgeable, “sound” - a place for LL? • smart cards - downloadable from online account • is third party certification needed? • E-checks vs. credit cards vs. e-cash

  11. Predictions/Trends? • E-commerce will completely reshape financial institutions • it is likely to replace various forms of catalog and mail order businesses • successful in information based (books, CDs), high margin/low volume, expensive to keep in inventory products

  12. Search Engines, Portals, Service Sites • Trend: from Information to Knowledge - a place for LP/CP • Search engines: AltaVista, Snap, NorthernLight • Portals: Yahoo, Lycos • Specialized service sites: • books: www.amazon.com • travel: www.itn.com

  13. Basics of Internet Infrastructure: TCP/IP • packet switching vs. dedicated point-to-point link • Post Office (small packets ) vs. Phone Center (point-to-point link) • IP header: address 129.120.44.123 vs. • domain based naming: www.cs.unt.edu

  14. Static vs. Dynamic IP addresses • self contained server and web site: static IP • connecting through an ISP: dynamic IP:-( • in fact, this comes from running out of available IP addresses - upcoming extended IP numbers might solve this - it is quite humiliating for users to be: cust007.my_isp.com instead of being www.JamesBond.com :-)

  15. How to create and register a new domain? • www.internic.net: (not a NSI monopoly anymore!) • new agency: http://www.icann.org/ • http://www.networksolutions.com/ • Whois service: http://www.nsiregistry.com/

  16. How to create a Web Site? • Dedicated server • T1 (large volume, high cost) or ISDN (metered, slow, starts to look outdated) • new: DSL from GTE (in Dallas-FW area) • What OS? Linux+Apache (more flexible) NT (compatible with other MSoft tools) • Through Web hosting (inexpensive and reliable but less flexible)

  17. Web Site Design Issues • Usability issues (quick access to frequently visited pages) • Artistic issues (colors, layout, style) • Designing for speed (*.mid *.jpg vs. *.wav, animated *.gif) • Good and bad business web sites - ratings! • Style: look at major media companies: www.cnn.com, www.disney.com!

  18. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) basics • <HTML> • <HEAD> • <TITLE> Welcome To My Page </TITLE> • </HEAD> <BODY> • other html code • </BODY> • </HTML>

  19. Adding Links • <A HREF= • “http://www.mycompany.com”> • My Company • </A> • In the Web page it looks like this: • … My Company … • <A HREF="mailto:a@b.c.d">my email</A>

  20. Including Images and Sound • <IMG SRC=pictures/me_and_my_dog.gif> • good compression: JPG • animated GIFs - easy to make - size can be a problem • Sound: MID (small) WAV, AU (older formats) MP3 (high quality) • static (tag: EMBED, BGSOUND) vs. streaming audio/video: RealAudio

  21. Including CGI scripts • <form method="post” • action="http://a.b.c.d/cgi-bin/myscript.exe?query=who" >> • <input type="submit" size="40" value="Search"> • </form>

  22. Including Java Applets • <applet • code=”myapplet.class" • height="200" width="600” > • <param • value=”999” • name=”default_price" > • </applet>

  23. Tools for Building Web Sites • HTML, tables, forms, CGI scripts • server side tools: SSI, ASP, servlets • Media formats: GIF, JPEG, MPEG, real audio • Executable content: Java

  24. Design tools • Composer, Microsoft Word, FrontPage • Generating HTML • Generating Java applets: Symantec, J++ 6.0 • Generating 3D content: VR Creator, TrueSpace • LP/CP tools need to interoperate with them!

  25. Alternative Content Formats • VRML - now supported also by Java3D • has links like in HTML • has superior navigation • has higher information density • The future is 3D - the Nintendo generation grows up:-) • LP/CP tools should interoperate with the emerging 3D Web

  26. Conclusion • LP/CP comes late into the Internet Business • it should get into fast growing or still emerging areas • e-commerce • intelligent search, knowledge processing, agents • 3D Web, new Internet infrastructure

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