expert-system's Introduction

Expert-System

MacOS -

Expert system that solves logical expressions (finds the values of all facts depending on the given true facts) using backward-chaining inference engine.

There are logical expressions, for example:

A => B      (A implies B)
C | D => A  (C or D implies A)

All facts (fact is uppercase letter) are false by default, you can set true facts.

This program calculates, depending on the entered true facts - all facts values.

A=>B
# A - false, B - false
# A=>B - false=>false
# B - false

A=>B
=A
# A - true, B - false
# A=>B - true=>true (if implying fact is true, then fact which it implies must become true)
# B - true

Available logical operations:

() which means high priority. Example: A + (B | C) => D
! which means NOT. Example: !B
+ which means AND. Example: A + B
| which means OR. Example: A | B
ˆ which means XOR. Example: A ˆ B
=> which means "implies". Example: A + B => C (expression always true)
<=> which means "if and only if". Example: A + B <=> C (expression always true)

Input file example:

# this is a comment
C => E          # C implies E
A + B + C => D  # A and B and C implies D
A | B => C      # A or B implies C
A + !B => F     # A and not B implies F
C | !G => H     # C or not G implies H
V ^ W => X      # V xor W implies X
A + B => Y + Z  # A and B implies Y and Z
C | D => X | V  # C or D implies X or V
E + F => !V     # E and F implies not V
A + B <=> C     # A and B if and only if C
A + B <=> !C    # A and B if and only if not C
=ABG            # Initial facts : A, B and G are true. All others are false.
?GVX            # Queries : What are G, V and X ? (it doesn't matter in visual mode)

Build and run on `MacOS`:

git submodule update --init --recursive
cmake -S . -B build -DINSTALL_DEPS=true
make -C build

./expert_system -v example.txt (visual mode with the ability to change expressions in real time)
or 
./expert_system example.txt (console answer)
or
./expert_system_tests