Data processing: artificial intelligence – Knowledge processing system – Knowledge representation and reasoning technique
Patent
1996-09-18
1999-05-11
MacDonald, Allen R.
Data processing: artificial intelligence
Knowledge processing system
Knowledge representation and reasoning technique
706 47, G06F15/18
Patent
active
059038853
ABSTRACT:
A data processing apparatus comprises a first memory (212) storing a set of rules, each in the form of at least one specific behavior defining a condition and at least one further behavior defining an associated response with the condition portion of each rule having a characteristic time delay, and a processor (220) operating to respond to any of the said conditions being satisfied by generating one or more further behaviors defining the associated response. A second memory (206) coupled via the processor (220) to a clock (226) maintains a record of behavior state changes ("events") and the time at which they occurred. On selection of an event of interest, a first comparator (240) identifies the or those rules having the selected event behavior as at least a part of their response, and a second comparator (242) compares the condition portion of the or each rule identified by the first comparator with the maintained record of events (206) at a point preceding the selected event by the characteristic delay of the rule. A rule is identified as the cause of the selected event where an event consistent with the condition portion of that rule occurs at that preceding point.
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Barschall Anne E.
MacDonald Allen R.
Shah Sanjiv
U.S. Philips Corporation
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