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PROLOG based expert system

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A PROLOG based expert system called APLICOT is described. Its basic design framework is the same as used for other languages implementing expert systems. This utilization of the same design framework permits a comparison to be made of system performance obtained within the same domain of knowledge. The domain chosen involves a reactor’s fault diagnostic system consisting of 76 production rules.

The results of this comparison show the overall performance of APLICOT to be of the same level as that of EXPERT, EMYCIN and ADIPS, which were developed in the past utilizing different programming languages. Althought its code size is ten times smaller than that of LISP or FORTRAN based expert systems, APLICOT’s back ward and forward reasoning system gives it the same level of system performance and flexible inference strategy as these other systems. It thus demonstrates the potential software productivity of PROLOG based expert systems.

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  1. Department of Industrial Administration, Science University of Tokyo, Yamasaki Noda-shi, 278, Chiba

    Fumio Mizoguchi

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Mizoguchi, F. PROLOG based expert system. NGCO 1, 99–104 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03037027

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