the literature on rule validation and ruleset validation is pretty deep.
Check on ACMQueue for old papers on the subject dating back to 80's and
90's.

There's too much prior art to attempt any sort of explanation on a mailing
list. I've been studying the topic since 2000 and the bottom line is it's
very tough. The simplest approach is to generate facts for each rule,
assert those facts and check the rule fired. Beyond that, you'd have to
analyze the RETE network to calculate the rule dependency graph and compare
the rules fired against the dependency graph.

peter lin


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Wessel, Alexander <a.wes...@itcampus.de>wrote:

>  Hi Jess-users,****
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> I’ m a german computer senice student working on my master thesis.  The
> topic is rule verification in rule based systems. We are using Jess as
> rule engine. Currently I’m looking for an implementation of a rule checker
> for Jess.  Alternative I’m looking for an algorithm to recognize rule
> errors like subsumed rules, circular rules, conflicting rules and so one.
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> I would appreciate if you can me give me an advice where I can find an
> implementation or an algorithm for further research?****
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