JESS: Questions on when to use Rule Based System

2000-06-05 Thread csterbis
I've seen the recommendations on when to use a rule base system (RBS) (re. thread "JESS: Need of a Rule Based System!!!" started by Sachin and the thread "JESS: Data constraint management " started by Robert Quillen.) I wonder, though, about when you have a REALLY big system. I am now working

Re: JESS: Questions on when to use Rule Based System

2000-06-06 Thread csterbis
Certainly the COLLECTING of the transaction information is simple and easy. That doesn't necessarily need an expert system. But the PROCESSING of the transactions once collected is complex. We deal mostly with hospitals, so there are issues of shift differentials, overtime, bonuses, etc. And

JESS: JESS RDBS extension

2000-06-06 Thread csterbis
Thomas, I'm curious to know about the system you developed. How complex it is and the approximate performance of that system? Approximately how many facts/rules are there? What type of computing boxes are you using? How many rules are applied against how many facts at any given time? How

JESS: JESS vs. Prolog

2000-06-21 Thread csterbis
Please forgive me if this is a misguided missive. I am trying to understand how to use a rule based system, and as such I am sure I am operating under many misunderstandings and misconceptions. I am trying to clear them up, and I would appreciate any corrections to my thoughts below. I have p

JESS: Questions on how to handle "modes"

2001-05-30 Thread csterbis
I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle this situation. My program has two "modes". In the first, the program collects "instructions", and in the second, the instructions are "processed". Now the program shouldn't go into the second mode until all the instructions are received. There

JESS: Order of events

2001-05-30 Thread csterbis
I've got a question about when things happen in JESS. If I have a rule that asserts two facts, does the engine go see if any other rules fire after the first assertion or after both assertions? For example, if I have (deffacts base-facts (a (value true)) (b (value true)) (c (va

Re: JESS: Stuck

2001-06-13 Thread csterbis
> I think Michael McConnell wrote: > >> Jess> (batch AVIS\\avis-proto.clp) >> Jess reported an error in routine ValueVector.get >> while executing (batch >> AVIS\avis-rules-proto-rules.clp) >> while executing (batch AVIS\avis-proto.clp). >> Message: Bad index -3 in call to get