OPS5


OPS5

(language)A programming language for rule-based production systems. A rule consists of pre-condition(s) and a resultingaction.

The system checks its working memory to see if there arerules whose pre-conditions are satisfied, if so, the action inone selected satisfied rule is executed.

There is a public domain implementation of an OPS5interpreter written by Charles L. Forgy in 1977. It was first implemented in Lisp and later inBLISS. It was also ported to Common Lisp by George Woodand Jim Kowalski.

CLIPS is a language for writing expert systems, with someof the capabilities of OPS5.

See also C5, OPS83, OPS4, OPS5+, OPS83.

Inference Engine Tech, Cambridge MA.

An OPS5 interpreter in Common LISP.

A version by Mark Kantrowitz..

["Programming Expert Systems in OPS5", L. Brownston et al, A-W1985].

["An OPS5 Primer", Sherman et al, comes with OPS5 for DOS].

["Rule-Based Programming in the Unix System", G.T. Vesonder,AT&T Tech J 67(1), 1988].