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- CLIPS User's Guide
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- Joseph C. Giarratano, Ph.D
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- Artificial Intelligence Section
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- Johnson Space Center
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- September 29, 1986
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- Preface
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- This book is a tutorial on the CLIPS expert system language. Its companion
- volume is the CLIPS Reference Manual, written by Chris Culbert.
- The CLIPS User's Guide can be used in the classroom or for self-teaching.
- The only prerequisite is that you have a basic knowledge of programming
- in a high-level language such as Pascal, Ada, FORTRAN, C, or BASIC.
- The CLIPS User's Guide is designed for people who want to learn about expert
- system programming in a hands-on manner. Other than a knowledge
- of basic programming, no special background is assumed about the reader.
- Thus, the examples are of a general nature. Also, since learning
- a new language can be a frustrating experience, the writing is in a light
- style (I hope).
- For maximum benefit, you should type in the example programs in the text as
- you read through the book. By typing in the examples, you will
- see how the programs should work and what error messages occur if you make a
- mistake. The output for the examples is shown or described after
- each one. You should also plan to work the problems at the end of the
- chapters. Most of the problems are simply exercises to give you experience
- in the CLIPS syntax described in each chapter.
- Like any other programming language, you will only learn programming in
- CLIPS by writing programs in it. To really learn expert system programming,
- you should pick a problem of interest to you and write it in CLIPS. By the
- time you finish working through this book and doing the problems
- at the end of the chapters, you should be able to write simple expert systems
- applications. As your experience with CLIPS grows, you will be
- able to write more extensive programs.
- I greatly appreciate the advice and criticism of several people at Johnson
- Space Center in the development of this book. Thanks to Gary Riley,
- Chris Culbert, Brian Donnell, Kirt Fields, and Steven Lewis. Special thanks
- to Bob Savely for supporting the development of CLIPS and his encouragement
- of this book.
- .PA
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