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Goals and backward chaining using the Rete Algorithm

I was prompted to post this by request from Mark Proctor and Peter Lin and in response to recent comments on CEP and backward chaining on Paul Vincent’s blog (with an interesting perspective here). I hope those interested in artificial intelligence enjoy the following paper .  I wrote it while Chief Scientist of Inference Corporation.  It [...]

Haley / ART syntax lives on in open-source Java rules

The ART syntax lives on in yet another product!  JBOSS Rules (formerly Drools) just described its imminent support for rules expressed in the CLIPS syntax here. NASA derived CLIPS from the syntax of Inference Corporation’s Automated Reasoning Tool (ART) in the mid-80s.  I designed and implemented the ART syntax with Chuck Williams on a team [...]

Missing Goals and Requirements in Business Rules

Both of the following statements are true, but the first is more informative: Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) typically produce forward chaining production rules that are interpreted by[1] a business rules engine (BRE) based on the Rete Algorithm. BRMS typically generate rules that are interpreted by a BRE. First, dropping the word “production” before “rules” [...]