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 procssing 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 the software development and delivery. the aim was to leap frog to a next generation of software. The annoucement of the programme led to related initiatuves in other contries including the US, European Union and UK's Alvey Proramme.
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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)