SL5 Object: Simpler Level 5 Object Expert System Language

Abstract

This paper introduces SL5 Object, the Simpler Level 5 Object Expert System Language. SL5 Object is a rule-based language for specifying expert systems.This paper first introduces the concept of expert systems and production systems, as well as the typical architecture of such a system. Then it presents a thorough outline of the SL5 Object Language: the syntax of rules and Objects, allowed constructs, the module structure. It also presents the execution cycle of the SL5 Object engine, as well as a number of methods to influence the default progress of this cycle.Finally, this paper introduces an example of Cars diagnoses problems to illustrate the capabilities of SL5 Object and the concepts presented. . KEYWORDS