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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Nobuo Nakamura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Mutsuhiro Yamamoto, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364513 ; 3649722 ;
Abstract
An interrogating device which includes a rule memory for storing forward inference rules utilizable in a forward inference control system or backward inference rules utilizable in a backward inference control system, a working memory for storing facts, and a forward inference control section for adding or deleting a fact relative to the working memory according to the forward inference rules or a backward inference control section for conducting a search according to the backwad inference rules.