riedesel@eliot.cs.uiuc.edu (04/04/88)
I am interested in finding out the relative occurance of simple statments, arithmetic operators, and arbitrary functions in expert systems knowledge bases. Specifically, what percentage of your expert system has statements that are simple tests and assignments; what percentage of statements use arithmetic operators (e.g. +, -, *, etc.) to compute a value for an assignment; and what percentage use arbitrary functions (e.g. external LISP function calls)? I am interested in understanding the importance of the function in expert systems. From an analysis point of view functions complicate expert systems quite a bit. Please send replies to: riedesel@aisunj.cs.uiuc.edu thanks, Joel