231:(p Holds::Object-Ceiling {(goal ^status active ^type holds ^objid <O1>) <goal>} {(physical-object ^id <O1> ^weight light ^at <p> ^on ceiling) <object-1>} {(physical-object ^id ladder ^at <p> ^on floor) <object-2>} {(monkey ^on ladder ^holds NIL) <monkey>} -(physical-object ^on <O1>) --> (write (crlf) Grab <O1> (crlf)) (modify <object1> ^on NIL) (modify <monkey> ^holds <O1>) (modify <goal> ^status satisfied) )
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or RHS) will update the agent's knowledge, removing or adding data to the working memory. The system stops processing either when the user interrupts the forward chaining loop; when a given number of cycles have been performed; when a "halt" RHS is executed, or when no rules have LHSs that are true.
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The binding of variables resulting from the pattern matching in the LHS is used in the RHS to refer to the data to be modified. The working memory contains explicit control structure data in the form of "goal" data structure instances. In the example, once a monkey holds the suspended object, the
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as an agent's goals. They argue that reactive rules in LPS give a logical semantics to production rules, which they otherwise lack. In the following example, lines 1-3 are type declarations, 4 describes the initial state, 5 is a reactive rule, 6-7 are logic program clauses, and 8 is a causal law:
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In this example, production rules are chosen for testing according to their order in this production list. For each rule, the input string is examined from left to right with a moving window to find a match with the LHS of the production rule. When a match is found, the matched substring in the
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In this example, data in working memory is structured and variables appear between angle brackets. The name of the data structure, such as "goal" and "physical-object", is the first literal in conditions; the fields of a structure are prefixed with "^". The "-" indicates a negative condition.
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Here again, such strategies may vary from the simple—use the order in which production rules were written; assign weights or priorities to production rules and sort the conflict set accordingly—to the complex—sort the conflict set according to the times at which production rules were previously
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Notice in this example that the reactive rule on line 5 is triggered, just like a production rule, but this time its conclusion deal_with_fire becomes a goal to be reduced to sub-goals using the logic programs on lines 6-7. These subgoals are actions (line 2), at least one of which needs to be
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1. fluents fire. 2. actions eliminate, escape. 3. events deal_with_fire. 4. initially fire. 5. if fire then deal_with_fire. 6. deal_with_fire if eliminate. 7. deal_with_fire if escape. 8. eliminate terminates fire.
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fired; or according to the extent of the modifications induced by their RHSs. Whichever conflict resolution strategy is implemented, the method is indeed crucial to the efficiency and correctness of the production system. Some systems simply fire all matching productions.
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Real-time and expert systems, in contrast, often have to choose between mutually exclusive productions—since actions take time, only one action can be taken, or (in the case of an expert system) recommended. In such systems, the rule interpreter, or
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algorithm that collects production rules with matched conditions may range from the naive—trying all rules in sequence, stopping at the first match—to the optimized, in which rules are "compiled" into a network of inter-related conditions.
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In a toy simulation world where a monkey in a room can grab different objects and climb on others, an example production rule to grab an object suspended from the ceiling would look like:
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many production rule instances derived from the same production "Holds::Object-Ceiling". The conflict resolution step would later select which production instances to fire.
216:$ ABC (P6) B$ AC (P5) BC$ A (P5) $ BC$ A (P6) C$ B$ A (P5) $ C$ B$ A (P6) $ $ C$ B$ A (P6) *C$ B$ A (P1) C*$ B$ A (P3) C*B$ A (P2) CB*$ A (P3) CB*A (P2) CBA* (P3) CBA (P4)
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This example shows a set of production rules for reversing a string from an alphabet that does not contain the symbols "$ " and "*" (which are used as marker symbols).
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