Inductive logic programming (ILP) is a research area which has its roo
ts in inductive machine learning and computational logic. The paper gi
ves a survey of European research in this area. It first briefly intro
duces the research field, then gives an overview of recent research re
sults and directions and finally describes in more detail the research
of some of the European institutions involved in ILP research within
two European ILP projects: the ESPRIT III Basic Research Project No. 6
020 Inductive Logic Programming and the PECO'92 European Inductive Log
ic Programming Scientific Network.