wordproc@ucf-cs.UCF.EDU (wordproc) (12/12/89)
Lost the mail address for this one, so hope it gets there. Perhaps someone can forward this? > Would you please give me more information on how uncertainty is managed > in CLIPS, ie. What kind of uncertainty management mechanism is employed > in CLIPS. Is it Probability theory, Certainty Factors (as in EMYCIN), > Dempster-Shafer theory or Fuzzy logic. > > Counting on your co-operation in this matter. Thanks. > > Kofi Sapong > University of Saskatchewan > Saskatoon, Saskatchewan > Canada S7N 0W0 > 306-966-8647 CLIPS is really a forward-chaining rule-based language and I don't believe there is any direct handling of uncertaintly, since it's basically an if-then-else type of system. You could write functions to handle uncertainty, but that's the only way I know of to handle it within CLIPS. I recommend that you get CLIPS 4.3 if only for its availability at your location. It contains all of the C source code used to write the entire system and programming interfaces, which also is valuable. ****** HOW TO GET CLIPS 4.3 ******** CLIPS is available FREE to NASA and DoD groups and other government agencies by calling the CLIPS Help Desk between 9AM to 4PM CST Monday through Friday at (713) 280-2233. Private individuals can contact COSMIC at (404) 542-3265. ___________________________________________________________________ _________ / Marcus Clenney ___ ___ /___ ___/ ________ / U. of Central Florida / | / | / / / ______/ / Dept. of Computer Science / /| | / /| | / / / / / Orlando, FL 32816 / / | |/ / | | / / / /_____ / wordproc@ucf-cs.ucf.edu /_/ |___/ |_| /_/ /_______/ / ____________________________________________________________/