An explanation facility framework for rule-based systems

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tomić, Bojan ^a   Horvat, Boris ^a   Jovanović, Nemanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

business rule management system; expert system; Explanation facility; rule based system

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS RULE MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS RULES; END USERS; GENERIC SOLUTIONS; INFERENCE PROCESS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; OPEN-SOURCE; RULE ENGINE;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84865708578     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: 17936349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213012500133     Document Type: Article

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