Rule-based Programming for Building Expert Systems: a Comparison in the Microbiological Data Validation and Surveillance Domain

摘要

In this work, we compare three rule-based programming tools used for building an\udexpert system for microbiological laboratory data validation and bacteria infections\udmonitoring. The first prototype of the system was implemented in KAPPA-PC. We\udreport on the implementation and performance by comparing KAPPA-PC with two\udother more recent tools, namely JESS and ILOG JRULES. In order to test each\udtool we realized three simple test applications capable to perform some tasks that\udare peculiar of our expert system.