Contained in this directory is the source code for the system ASE-Progol (Version 1.0) which is described in the following journal paper. Combining Inductive Logic Programming, Active Learning and Robotics to Discover the Function of Genes by C.H. Bryant and S.H. Muggleton and S.G. Oliver and D.B. Kell and P. Reiser and R.D. King. (2001) Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/etai/) Vol 5, Section B, pp 1-36. Please use this reference when you refer to ASE-Progol. ASE-Progol is freely available for academic research and teaching. To obtain permission to use ASE-Progol for commercial purposes please write to C.H.Bryant at: School of Computing, Science and Engineering, Newton Building, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK. The use of ASE-Progol is conditional upon acceptance that C.H. Bryant and S.H. Muggleton are the authors of ASE-Progol.