carasso@aludra.usc.edu (Roger RDC Carasso) (02/13/91)
This info was given to me by a friend who is a knowledge engineer: Expert Systems Tool Comparison ------------------------------ Art-IM Nexpert KBMS by Inference Neuron Data AICORP ------------------------------------------------------------------ Written in C C C Platforms PC Y Y Y Mini Y Y N Mainframe Y N Y Workstation Y Y N Operating Systems And Packages UNIX Y Y N DOS Y Y Y WINDOWS Y Y N MVS Y N N VMS Y Y N OS2 Y Y Y Reasoning Strategies Forward Chaining Y Y Y Backward Chaining (Y) Y Y Mixed (Y) Y Y Uncertainty Reasoning (Y) (Y) N Hypothetical Reasoning (Y) (Y) (Y) Object Oriented Y Y Y Truth Maintenance Y N N Knowledge Representation Multiple Inheritance Y N Y Override of Inheritance Y Y Y Full inheritance of defaults Y N Y Structured values Y N N Methods Y Y Y Professional Services Tutorial Y N Y Product Training Y N Y Consulting Y N N Y = YES N = NO (Y) = No, but can be easily built in native language --------------------- Roger
ntm1169@dsac.dla.mil (Mott Given) (02/19/91)
From article <7539@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de>, by carasso@aludra.usc.edu (Roger RDC Carasso):
The article comparing the shells erroneously states that Nexpert is
not available for mainframes. It is available for mainframes and will
run under MVS.
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