CLIPS - Basic Programming Guide

Contents:

• Section 1: Introduction
• Section 2: CLIPS Overview
  • 2.1 Interacting with CLIPS
  • 2.2 Reference Manual Syntax
  • 2.3 Basic Programming Elements
  • 2.4 Data Abstraction
  • 2.5 Knowledge Representation
  • 2.6 CLIPS Object-Oriented Language
• Section 3: Deftemplate Construct
  • 3.1 Slot Default Values
  • 3.2 Slot Default Constraints for Pattern-Matching
  • 3.3 Slot Value Constraint Attributes
  • 3.4 Implied Deftemplates
• Section 4: Deffacts Construct
• Section 5: Defrule Construct
  • 5.1 Defining Rules
  • 5.2 Basic Cycle Of Rule Execution
  • 5.3 Conflict Resolution Strategies
  • 5.4 LHS Syntax
• Section 6: Defglobal Construct
• Section 7: Deffunction Construct
• Section 8: Generic Functions
  • 8.1 Note on the Use of the Term Method
  • 8.2 Performance Penalty of Generic Functions
  • 8.3 Order Dependence of Generic Function Definitions
  • 8.4 Defining a New Generic Function
  • 8.5 Generic Dispatch
• Section 9: CLIPS Object Oriented Language
  • 9.1 Background
  • 9.2 Predefined System Classes
  • 9.3 Defclass Construct
  • 9.4 Defmessage-handler Construct
  • 9.5 Message Dispatch
  • 9.6 Manipulating Instances
  • 9.7 Instance-set Queries and Distributed Actions
• Section 10: Defmodule Construct
  • 10.1 Defining Modules
  • 10.2 Specifying a Construct?s Module
  • 10.3 Specifying Modules
  • 10.4 Importing and Exporting Constructs
  • 10.5 Importing and Exporting Facts and Instances
  • 10.6 Modules and Rule Execution
• Section 11: Constraint Attributes
  • 11.1 Type Attribute
  • 11.2 Allowed Constant Attributes
  • 11.3 Range Attribute
  • 11.4 Cardinality Attribute
  • 11.5 Deriving a Default Value From Constraints
  • 11.6 Constraint Violation Examples
• Section 12: Actions And Functions
  • 12.1 Predicate Functions
  • 12.2 Multifield Functions
  • 12.3 String Functions
  • 12.4 The CLIPS I/O System
  • 12.5 Math Functions
  • 12.6 Procedural Functions
  • 12.7 Miscellaneous Functions
  • 12.8 Deftemplate Functions
  • 12.9 Fact Functions
  • 12.10 Deffacts Functions
  • 12.11 Defrule Functions
  • 12.12 Agenda Functions
  • 12.13 Defglobal Functions
  • 12.14 Deffunction Functions
  • 12.15 Generic Function Functions
  • 12.16 CLIPS Object-Oriented Language (COOL) Functions
  • 12.17 Defmodule Functions
  • 12.18 Sequence Expansion
• Appendix A: Support Information
  • A.1 Questions and Information
  • A.2 Documentation
  • A.3 CLIPS Source Code and Executables
  • B.1 Version 6.30
  • B.2 Version 6.24
  • B.3 Version 6.23
  • B.4 Version 6.22
  • B.5 Version 6.21
  • B.6 Version 6.2
  • D.1 Ordering of Patterns on the LHS
  • D.2 Deffunctions versus Generic Functions
  • D.3 Ordering of Method Parameter Restrictions
  • D.4 Instance-Addresses versus Instance-Names
  • D.5 Reading Instance Slots Directly
• Index

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