CLIPS User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Just the Facts......................................................................................... 1

Introduction........................................................................................................... 1

The Beginning and the End.................................................................................... 2

Making a List.......................................................................................................... 3

And Checking It Twice............................................................................................ 3

Clearing Up the Facts.............................................................................................. 5

Sensitive Fields and Slurping.................................................................................. 7

A Matter of Style..................................................................................................... 14

Getting Spaced Out................................................................................................ 15

Retract that Fact..................................................................................................... 16

Watch that Fact....................................................................................................... 18

With a Little Help..................................................................................................... 20

Chapter 2 Following the Rules............................................................................... 21

Making Good Rules................................................................................................ 21

Let's Get Quacking................................................................................................. 24

Kick your Duck....................................................................................................... 26

Show Me the Rules................................................................................................ 27

Write to Me............................................................................................................. 28

Other Features....................................................................................................... 29

Chapter 3 Adding Details........................................................................................ 31

Stop And Go.......................................................................................................... 31

Take a Walk............................................................................................................ 32

A Question of Strategy........................................................................................... 32

Gimme Deffacts...................................................................................................... 33

Selective Elimination.............................................................................................. 35

Watch It!................................................................................................................. 35

A Good Match........................................................................................................ 36

Other Features....................................................................................................... 37

Chapter 4 Variable Interests.................................................................................. 41

Let's Get Variable................................................................................................... 41

Be Assertive.......................................................................................................... 42

What the Duck Said................................................................................................ 43

The Happy Bachelor............................................................................................... 44

It's Not Important..................................................................................................... 45

Going Wild............................................................................................................. 47

The Ideal Bachelor.................................................................................................. 49

The Lucky Duck..................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 5 Doing It Up In Style................................................................................. 49

Mr. Wonderful........................................................................................................ 49

Bye-Bye................................................................................................................ 49

Ain't No Strings on Me............................................................................................ 49

What's in a Name.................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 6 Being Functional.................................................................................... 49

Not My Constraint................................................................................................... 49

Be Cautious........................................................................................................... 49

And Away We Go.................................................................................................... 49

It's Elementary........................................................................................................ 49

Extensive Arguments............................................................................................. 49

Mixed Results........................................................................................................ 49

Bound Bachelors................................................................................................... 49

Doing Your Own Thing............................................................................................ 49

Other Features....................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 7 How to Be in Control............................................................................. 49

Let's Start Reading................................................................................................. 49

Being Efficient....................................................................................................... 49

Other Features....................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 8 Matters of Inheritance............................................................................ 49

How to be Objective............................................................................................... 49

The Class Stuff....................................................................................................... 49

How the UPPIES Get Theirs.................................................................................... 49

The Illegitimate YUKKIE.......................................................................................... 49

Show Me............................................................................................................... 49

Other Features....................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 9 Meaningful Messages............................................................................ 49

The Birds and the Bees.......................................................................................... 49

Dorky Duck............................................................................................................ 49

Much Ado About Instances..................................................................................... 49

The Disappearing Duck...........................................................................................