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CLIPS

CLIPS (C Language Integrated Production System) is a public-domain software tool for building expert systems. The syntax and name were inspired by Charles Forgy's OPS5. The first versions of CLIPS were developed starting in 1985 at the NASA Johnson Space Center (as an alternative for existing system ART*Inference) until 1996, when the development group's…

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Facts and rules

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Developer
NASA Johnson Space Center
First appeared
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Implementation language
C
License
Public domain
Memory management
Garbage collected
Paradigm
Object-oriented, expert system

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Overview

Facts and rules

Descendants

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CLIPS

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples24
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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CLIPS

Top relations

related to Facts and rules · 8
CLIPS → An, Facts, Given, Having, In, Like, Then, Various
related to Descendants · 4
CLIPS → Descendants, FuzzyCLIPS, Java, Jess
related to External links · 4
CLIPS → Code ProjectCLIPSEditor, Diagnostic System, GitHub, Official
Developer · 1
CLIPS → NASA Johnson Space Center
First appeared · 1
CLIPS → 1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Implementation language · 1
CLIPS → C
License · 1
CLIPS → Public domain
Memory management · 1
CLIPS → Garbage collected
Paradigm · 1
CLIPS → Object-oriented, expert system
Stable release · 1
CLIPS → 6.4.1 / April 21, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-04-21)

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Important terminology

expert language system facts programming tool rules syntax first ops5 nasa systems name object-oriented 1985 johnson space center rule project

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CLIPSDeveloperNASA Johnson Space Center1.00infobox
CLIPSFirst appeared1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
CLIPSImplementation languageC1.00infobox
CLIPSLicensePublic domain1.00infobox
CLIPSMemory managementGarbage collected1.00infobox
CLIPSParadigmObject-oriented, expert system1.00infobox
CLIPSStable release6.4.1 / April 21, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-04-21)1.00infobox
CLIPSWebsiteclipsrules.net1.00infobox
CLIPSrelated to DescendantsDescendants0.60section
CLIPSrelated to DescendantsJess0.60section
CLIPSrelated to DescendantsJava0.60section
CLIPSrelated to DescendantsFuzzyCLIPS0.60section

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