I think [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When you say "...runtime goes down... with the number of > rules...", did you mean to say that runtime goes up? > Otherwise, what precisely is being referred to here > as runtime?
Well, *technically* it's correct to say the runtime goes down *or* up as the number of rules does, yes? I meant that they vary in direct proportion to one another. I did indeed say this in an awkward way. All I meant was that the equation says runtime is proportional to some number R' which is less than the number of rules, times some number F' which is (much) less than the number of facts, raised to the power P' which is less (generally much, much less) than the number of patterns in a rule. --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Science and Engineering PSEs Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 PO Box 969, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Livermore, CA 94550 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
