I have to disagree, the triggering of rules in JESS is completely
deterministic. Given the same initial conditions and the same input facts
asserted in the same order, -- the same rules in the same order will always
be fired. This even includes random number generators if you can control
their initial "seed" values. Knowledge/rule-based systems are not
procedural, and often the order of rule firing is not obvious beforehand,
but this is different issue.
- Lewis
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Lewis L Hart
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* AI systems are often non-deterministic, like sorting potatos sizes
through 3 sieves - you can't be sure which hole a particular potato
will pass, to get the correct selection.
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Chris Glur.
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