Title :
A new approach to modularity in rule-based programming
Author :
Browne, James C. ; Emerson, Allen ; Gouda, Mohamed G. ; Miranker, Daniel P. ; Mok, Aloysius ; Bayerdo, R. ; Chodrow, Sarah ; Gadbois, David ; Haddix, Furman ; Hetherington, Thomas W. ; Obermeyer, Lance ; Tsou, Duu-Chung ; Wang, Hih-Kan ; Wang, Rwo-hsi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We describe a purely declarative method for introducing modularity into forward-chaining, rule-based languages and its embodiment in the Venus rule language. The method is enforced by the syntax of the language and includes the ability to parameterize the rule groups. Drawing from two of three Venus applications developed to date, we illustrate how this form of modularity contributes directly to the resolution of certain software engineering problems associated with rule languages
Keywords :
computational linguistics; logic programming; logic programming languages; software engineering; Venus rule language; declarative method; forward-chaining rule-based languages; modularity; rule group parameterisation; rule-based programming; software engineering problems; syntax; Application software; Computer languages; Control systems; Engineering drawings; Object oriented programming; Protocols; Research and development; Software engineering; State-space methods; Venus;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6785-0
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1994.346518
