[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBRULES-46) Prolog Style Query Based Backward Chaining

[Vincent Legendre (JIRA)]

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Vincent Legendre commented on JBRULES-46:
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If implemented, it could be a basis for a real sequential mode.
The two big commercials products provide that way of processing, and a majority of their clients use it ...

> Prolog Style Query Based Backward Chaining
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>
>                 Key: JBRULES-46
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-46
>             Project: Drools
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>            Reporter: Mark Proctor
>            Assignee: Mark Proctor
>
> Forward Chaining means that facts are asserted and propgated forward throughout the network, during forward propagation matching takes place which results in rules being fired - the rules are event based, in that they are fired in response to changed in the working memory.
> Backward chaining is query based. Rules attempt to fire first but do not have the necessary matched facts, so facts are pulled in from an external source.

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