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From: rsr@wvucsb.UUCP
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Subject: Wanted: Benchmarking Production Systems
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Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 17:14:18 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  9 17:14:18 1987
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Has anybody seen any benchmark or comparative study of the various production
system engines?  I am specifically interested in information regarding:

* the implementation language/environment (lisp/ops5/loops/psrl/kee/emycin...)
* the benchmark program
* the number of rules they fire/minute,
* the size and complexity of the rules that were employed,
* the size and complexity of the knowledge-base that was employed,
* the match algorithm employed by the system (Rete...) as well as 
  its speed/limitations.

I am aware that CMU's Anoop Gupta did quite a bit of comparasion studies;
however they were primarily on CMU systems employing OPS5.  I'd like to hear
from other researchers/users in the field.

Please E-mail directly to me. If there is sufficient interest/response
I'll post a summary.

- ravi -

Ravi S. Raman
Department of Statistics and Computer Science
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506
(304)-293-3607

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