Extension of a rule-based system applicability
Volume 6, Issue 2 (1995), pp. 181–192
Pub. online: 1 January 1995
Type: Research Article
Published
1 January 1995
1 January 1995
Abstract
Rule-based systems are usually interpreted as a shallow expert systems realization tool. The paper analyses how the applicability of production rules can be extended using the proposed rule base structuring discipline. Its main constructions are rule grouping according to elementary aspects of investigation, and decomposition of actions. In addition, the rule cycle construction is used for discrete time simulation tasks. The proposed method is illustrated by 2 applications: the expert subsystem for a database, and the simulator of a water heater.