gors@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Gordon Stewart) (07/23/89)
I have been using CLIPS, an expert system shell developed by NASA --
Having been impressed by the speed and power of it on my 386 box, I
have decided to shell out the $350 for the source -- approx. 25,000
lines of (allegedly) very portable C.
CLIPS has many nice features, including its use of the Rete Pattern
Matching Algorithm. It appears to have inherited much from OPS5 -- it
does not directly implement backward chaining in the inference engine,
but it took me but two days to implement backward chaining in a limited
way -- starting with assertion of a single goal attribute, without
representing certainty factors, single-valued attributes, etc. This
was an exercise mostly for my edification, since I intend to build only
forward-chaining systems.
My intention is to make extensions, such as a portable foreign-function
interface, as well as X Windows support.
It is my intention to developsubscription mailing list of CLIPS
users, afficionados, or otherwise interested persons. If you use
or are interested in CLIPS, please e-mail me. This is not a formal
announcement, just a query to test level of interest.
Ciao.
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(Doolan) | (Meyer) | (Sierchio) | (Stewart)mauro@netcom.com (Mauro DePalma) (02/20/91)
Could someone provide me with information on how to contact NASA's
technology distribution organization, the Computer Software Management
and Information Center. On obtaining CLIPS (C Language Integrated
Production System). An e-mail address would fit the bill nicely.
Thank You,
-- Mauro
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(408) 259-4789gidi@thor.pttrnl.nl (Gidi van Liempd) (03/07/91)
At our research lab we have a problem... For one of our projects we want to
use the CLIPS shell (why? because it's forward-chaining, cheap, written in C,
and you get to have the source so we can even try to connect it to other
programs).
We ordered the package like 2 months ago through some Dutch software firm
(why a Dutch firm? why not straight from a firm in the U.S.? There are reasons
for that too...(long)). However, due to some ``logistical problems" within our
own company (order form lost, etc.) the shell still has not arrived.
But it's about time we started implementing something, so here is our request:
Does anyone have a CLIPS shell (C sources, or at least executable for
PC/AT) we can use until our order arrives?
Before anyone accuses me of illegal actions ... from earlier postings I am
under the impression that CLIPS is not a copyrighted product. I am not some
legal expert, so I only assume that not being under copyright means I can
get a copy without any problems. If however that is not true, then please
disregard this request.
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E-mail: EP_vLiempd@pttrnl.nl | The Netherlandskahn@informatics.wustl.edu (Michael Kahn) (03/15/91)
Does anybody know of an InterNet BBoard, Newsgroup, or other electronic gathering of souls for CLIPS, the C-based expert system shell distributed by NASA? Thanks for any info, Michael Kahn (kahn@informatics.WUSTL.EDU) or post to the net...
G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz (Giovanni Moretti) (03/19/91)
>> Re Mailing list for CLIPS - is there one?
I'm interested too ...
Thanks
Giovanni
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With respect to Michael Kahn's request for help with CLIPS, I suggest you call the CSC Software Technology Branch Help Desk at (713) 280-2233 to receive information on CLIPS and their other products (available through COSMIC). There is a software support bulletin board accessible through modem which supports CLIPS and other products. Regards, Carolyn Banda