CSC 456              Spring 2008                   Assignment 1 – Expert Systems with CLIPS

Assigned: 2/13/08

Due: Start of Class on 02/20/08

Task:

· Write rules for CLIPS to handle inferring Grandparent and Cousin (first cousin). Put them in a file, preferably named yourlastnamerelatives.clp.

· Run the expert system, after loading your relatives file and the original relatives.clp and relativesstart1.clp, tracing execution.

· Create a file with basic startup info for your family – 3 generations (both genders, minimal necessary parents and spouses – I need to be able to see grandparents and cousins being inferred, but if somebody has eight kids, you can “hide” some of them)

· Run the expert system, tracing execution

Turn In:

· Softcopy of your new rules (preferably named yourlastnamerelatives.clp)

· Hard or softcopies of your traces (dribbles)

· Softcopy of your basic start-up family info (preferably named yourlastnamerelativesstart.clp)

· Hard or softcopy family tree diagram of your family, so I can check

Softcopies should be zipped together and submitted to Blackboard. Any hardcopies need to be turned in in person.

NOTE:

• I expect that this should be able to be completed mostly in class – I plan 1 full class period to work on it. But, if necessary, CLIPS can be easily downloaded for free and installed in Windows XP anywhere. See http://www.lasalle.edu/~redmond/teach/456/resources.htm