III this paper we describe the STAlILp system for inferring components of chemical substances i.e., constructing cornponential models. S’l‘AIil,p is a descendant of the S’I’AI-11, system (Xytkow & Simon, 1986); both use chemical reactions and any known models in order to construct new rrlodels. I lowever, S’I’A 11 Lp employs a more unified and effective strategy for preventing, detecting, and r...