Techniques for construction and integration of rule bases

Abstract

This chapter discusses issues in the practical integration approaches for intelligent rule-based systems. In it selected issues that need to be addressed for performing integration of rule based systems are identified and discussed. These include high level modeling techniques for rule bases, integration architectures for rule-based systems, and rule interoperability challenges. In the chapter a short review of different rule types and languages used to express them is given. Moreover, important issues regarding construction of complex rule bases are introduced. Furthermore, the execution issues of rule bases are considered, with the emphasis on addressing the structure identified during modeling. Finally, main approaches to integration and interoperability of rule-based systems are given.