README for Clips
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The clips-common package for Debian provides some examples
of expert system to play with. These have been downloaded from
the sourceforge page 
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=215471&package_id=260062)
and are available under /usr/share/doc/clips-common/examples
(you need to, of course, install the 'clips-common' package)

Here you have asample session that shows you how to load any of these
(note: some are provided compressed so you'll need to uncompress
them before loading the file into clips):

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$ clips
         CLIPS (V6.10 07/01/98)
CLIPS> (load  /usr/share/doc/clips-doc/examples/wordgame.clp)
Defining defrule: startup +j
Defining defrule: generate-combinations +j+j
Defining defrule: find-solution +j+j+j+j+j+j+j+j+j+j
TRUE
CLIPS> (reset)
CLIPS> (run)

The problem is
(program output omitted)
 = 723970

CLIPS> (exit)
$ 
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If you want to provide some of your own examples (if they are distributed
with a free license) please send them to the package maintainer or
submit them as 'wishlist' bugs (to submit bugs use 'reportbug' or
'bug' in any Debian system).

For more information on Expert System shells (including CLIPS) read
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ai-faq/expert/part1/

Have fun!

--- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña , Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:53:19 +0200