Re: Choice between Prolog and Clips for an AI application.

[Vic Bancroft]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Marc Colinet wrote:

> Is it right that Prolog is not made for forward chaining ?

Yes.  It is the natural way to use the horn clauses.

> I am surprised, I could understand that backwards chaining is
> difficult to implement, but the forward one ?

One can implement a forward chainer in prolog.  That is often done for 
expert systems.
 
> Could you help me to choose the right system by telling me
> the reason(s) why I should prefer Prolog to Clips ?

Why not try a prototype in both . . . and let us know your results!

more,
l8r,
v

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