They're more or less the same thing. Sometimes "rule engine" is used for very simple software that's more of a lookup-table sort of thing; but a "real" rule engine and an inference engine are indeed two terms for the same thing.

On May 1, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Sashi Kumar wrote:

i have doubt, are rule engine and inference engine same thing???
or rule engine is a inference engine??



-Sashi




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