Re: 'Unknown' and three-valued logic (was: Example where Euphoria ...)
- Posted by Rom <kjehas at frisurf.no> Nov 26, 2002
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How does CLIPS 6.0 handles three-valued logic? =20 (CLIPS was created by NASA for use in space research and space = equipment) (from user guide) "As you can se, CLIPS has inserted the DEFAULT value of the null string = "", for the name field since that is the defualt for a STRING. Likewise, = the asserts (=3Dassigning something to a var) and the age defaults were = also inserted by CLIPS. Different types have different symbols such as = the null string "" for STRING, the integer 0 for integer, the float 0.0 = for FLOAT, a.s.o. The ?DERIVE keyword selects the appropriate type of = const for that slot, e.g. the null string. for a slot of tpe STRING.=3D (strange how many times the author had to repeat that null string =3D "" = ) .....is this how CLIPS handles nil values????? Since CLIPS is programmed i C and created to work with C programs .... I = can very well understand why they represent an uninstanciated integers = by 0... (it was an easy solution?). Okey, they call it default...(so the = don't have any other way to know if integer is unassign except testing = i=3D 0?)=20 How does CLIPS 6.0 handle three-valued logic? =20 CLIPS has a mechanism that they uses all the time when faced with = unknowns. That is wildcards ( =3D '?'). Wildcards is used in rules like: Find all names: ? Carlson and also constructs like: Find ? lives in New York ? is a laywer This should be something familiar to most of us. Prolog is working in = much the same way (this is all related to nil valued (=3D> logic for = dealing with nil values). I can see a difference here between three-valued logic and wildcard = logic also. What three-valued logic answers is: =20 if A then ..... b :=3D A + 10 if A and B and C then .... what will conclusion be if A (and other vars) is unknown? What wildcards matching is stating is: if ? and B and C then .... That isn't the same same answer .... maybe not even the same = question.... Rom