immo@ibmpcug.co.uk (Immo Huneke) (05/14/91)
A long long time ago, someone on this conference posted a query about an InferenceEngine class in C++. I myself posted a similar query on behalf of colleagues who were writing an expert system simulation (I kid you not). Well, I have come across the very thing, in an excellent book called "C/C++ for Expert Systems" by David Hu (MIS: Press, I think). Remember folks, you read it here first. Immo Huneke (immo@ibmpcug.co.uk). -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --
immo@ibmpcug.co.uk (Immo Huneke) (05/18/91)
In article <1991May13.220828.8453@ibmpcug.co.uk> I wrote: > A long long time ago, someone on this conference posted a query about an > InferenceEngine class in C++. I myself posted a similar query on behalf of > colleagues who were writing an expert system simulation (I kid you not). > > Well, I have come across the very thing, in an excellent book called > "C/C++ for Expert Systems" by David Hu (MIS: Press, I think). A respected source has warned me that the style in which that book is written is not what he would consider comprehensible. I just thought I'd pass the warning on! Immo Huneke (immo@ibmpcug.co.uk) -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --
beng@microsoft.UUCP (Ben GOETTER) (05/21/91)
In article <1991May13.220828.8453@ibmpcug.co.uk> immo@ibmpcug.co.uk (Immo Huneke) writes: | A long long time ago, someone on this conference posted a query about an | InferenceEngine class in C++. I myself posted a similar query on behalf of | colleagues who were writing an expert system simulation (I kid you not). | | Well, I have come across the very thing, in an excellent book called | "C/C++ for Expert Systems" by David Hu (MIS: Press, I think). It is indeed on MIS Press. And it certainly does contain the C++ source to an inference engine. Beyond that source, however, I would hesitate to recommend this book, unless I was compiling a list titled "10 Worst Software Paperbacks of 1990." Only rarely do I encounter so poorly edited a book. Clumsily written, and bloated with random information, it contains poor summaries of popular O-O languages, a poor summary of Lisp, a dreadful description of expert systems methodology, and some perfectly unnecessary emulations of Lisp primitives in C. This book doesn't know what it wants to do. Is it an introduction to OO? a primer on expert systems techniques? or perhaps a guidebook for xlating Lisp programs into C? I suspect that, given a good editor and a publishing house that can do layout, Dr. Hu might write some useful books. But his books on MIS Press read as if the house had solicited drafts on a number of trendy topics, then rushed them into publication without so much as a spelling check. If you have great patience, then wade into C/C++ FOR EXPERT SYSTEMS and try to glean some value. Good luck. -- Ben Goetter, microsoft!beng * I do not represent Microsoft Corporation. *