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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Ted G Lautzenheiser, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Thomas K Austin, Hugo, MN (US);
Thomas R Peters, Dellwood, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficiently debugging and/or testing a rules based expert system. To provide guidance when updating a test sequence, the present invention contemplates identifying which rule sets and/or rules were exercised by the test sequence, and which were not exercised. The present invention also contemplates identifying the rule sets and/or rules that were exercised, and the percent of the rule sets/rules that were exercised. This and other information may be useful in identifying appropriate changes for the test sequence so that those rule sets and/or rules that were not exercised during the previous iteration are exercised in a subsequent iteration.