Extension of a rule-based system applicability

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Maskeliūnas, Saulius

Affiliations: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, 2600 Vilnius, Akademijos St. 4, Lithuania

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.

Keywords: knowledge representation, rule base structuring, forward and backward chaining, rule-based simulation

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1995-6203

Journal: Informatica, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 181-192, 1995