The Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) project was a Japannese AI funding programme that ran from 1982-1992. It was focused particularly on developing logic programming and parallel processing and was set at a time when Japan was producing a large proportion of underlying hardware and chips, but felt itself lagging in higher-value aspects of software development and delivery. The aim was to leap frog to a next generation of software. The annoucement of the programme led to related initiatives in other countries including in the US and European Union and also the UK's Alvey Proramme.
Used in Chap. 1: page 6
Also known as fifth generation computer programme
Links:
ACM Digital Library: article: The fifth generation project — a trip report. E. Shapiro (1983) – early view of the programme from the US
- doi.org:
article: The Japanese national Fifth Generation project: Introduction, survey, and evaluation. Feigenbaum and Shrobe (1993)
- hdl.handle.net:
article: A Retrospective and Prospects of the Fifth Generation Computer Project, A. Ishikawa (1993)