Backward chaining (or backward reasoning) is an inference method described colloquially as working backward from the goal. It is used in automated theorem...

chaining is a popular implementation strategy for expert systems, business and production rule systems. The opposite of forward chaining is backward chaining...

facts: forward chaining and backward chaining. Forward chaining starts with the known facts and asserts new facts. Backward chaining starts with goals...

of the behavior chain) until they are prompted through the remaining steps. Backward chaining is the same process as forward chaining but starts with...

knowledge base. Backward chaining is a bit less straight forward. In backward chaining the system looks at possible conclusions and works backward to see if...

a forward-chaining inference-based rules engine which uses an enhanced implementation of the Rete algorithm. Evrete, a forward-chaining Java rule engine...

or individual behaviors that are part of a task analysis. With a backward chaining procedure the learning can happen in two ways. In one approach the...

problems in the problem domain. Most commonly, it employs forward chaining or backward chaining. Other approaches include the use of automated theorem proving...

emphasize reaction rules. In addition, some rules engines support backward chaining. In this case a rules engine seeks to resolve the facts to fit a particular...

method is called backward search or backward chaining. In chess, it is called retrograde analysis. In game theory, a variant of backward induction is used...

or backward reasoning to infer conclusions via modus ponens. The recursive reasoning methods they employ are termed 'forward chaining' and 'backward chaining'...

pattern-directed invocation: Forward chaining (antecedently): If assert P, assert Q If assert not Q, assert not P Backward chaining (consequently) If goal Q, goal...

In the KEE knowledge base, rules are frames. Both forward chaining and backward chaining inference are available. KEE supports non-monotonic reasoning...

confusion. Both kinds of rule-based systems use either forward or backward chaining, in contrast with imperative programs, which execute commands listed...

Knowledge representation and reasoning Backward chaining Case-based reasoning Commonsense reasoning Forward chaining Model-based reasoning Inference engines...

data), and the inclusion of a backward chaining algorithm tailored to run on top of the Rete network. Backward chaining alone can account for the most...

MYCIN was an early backward chaining expert system that used artificial intelligence to identify bacteria causing severe infections, such as bacteremia...

forward chaining versus backward chaining. However, in opportunistic reasoning, pieces of knowledge may be applied either forward or backward, at the...

corresponds to the current path in the search space. Forward search and backward search are two of main samples of state-space planning. In the algorithms...

several advanced features, such as truth maintenance. KEE used the backward-chaining method of Mycin which had been developed at Stanford. While moving...

curriculum. Chaining is the process of teaching the steps of a task analysis. The two methods of chaining, forward chaining and backward chaining, differ...

no solutions of length l-1 before looking for plans of length l by backward chaining: supposing the goals are true, Graphplan looks for the actions and...

the Kolmogorov forward equation for jump processes, and two Kolmogorov backward equations for processes with and without discontinuous jumps. Writing in...

for a pattern Draw a picture Solve a simpler problem Use a model Work backward Use a formula Be creative Applying these rules to devise a plan takes your...

Expert systems can operate in either a forward chaining – from evidence to conclusions – or backward chaining – from goals to needed data and prerequisites...

from Intellicorp. KEE had a complete rule engine with forward and backward chaining. It also had a complete frame-based knowledge base with triggers,...

Chaining is a teaching procedure. It may also refer to: Chaining (vector processing) Method chaining Forward chaining Backward chaining Back-chaining...

programming (automated theorem proving) languages. CLIPS uses forward chaining. Like other expert system languages, CLIPS deals with rules and facts....

Backjumping – In backtracking algorithms, technique that reduces search space Backward chaining – Method of forming inferences Enumeration algorithm Sudoku solving...

Knowledge representation and reasoning Backward chaining Case-based reasoning Commonsense reasoning Forward chaining Model-based reasoning Inference engines...