expert-system

README

Expert System

An optimized backward chaining expert system with rule visualizer

Dependencies

• go version 1.13
• github.com/chzyer/readline
• github.com/awalterschulze/gographviz

Build

git clone https://github.com/acarlson99/expert-system.git
cd expert-system
go build

Or

go get go get github.com/acarlson99/expert-system
go run github.com/acarlson99/expert-system

Run

./expert-system                        # Enter interactive mode
./expert-system test/test-all.xs       # Evaluate file
./expert-system -f test/test-all.xs    # Enter interactive mode after file evaluated

Syntax

NOTE: recursive rules lead to undefined behavior due to evaluation optimizations

Operators

Operator	Example
Paren	(A + B)
Not	!A
And	A + B
Or	A | B
Xor	A ^ B
Implication	A => B

Commands

Command	Description
=AB	Set A and B
?AB	Query A and B
?=(A | B)	Query expression
reset A B	Reset variable rules
verbose	Turn on verbose output
list	List variables and rules
vis [file]	Print graphviz system to stdout or optional file
quit	Quit program
help	Display help

Key: blue = user defined, black = undefined, green = true