<database> A combination of a conventional database
containing facts, a knowledge base containing rules, and
an inference engine which allows the derivation of
information implied by the facts and rules.
Commonly, the knowledge base is expressed in a subset of
first-order logic and either a SLDNF or Datalog
inference engine is used.
(1995-04-27)
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