Patent ReferencesDomain independent shell for building a diagnostic expert system Database system and matching method between databases Apparatus and method for event correlation and problem reporting Method and apparatus for efficient morphological text analysis using a high-level language for compact specification of inflectional paradigms Patent #: 5559693 InventorsApplicationNo. 374111 filed on 01/18/1995US Classes:707/201, Coherency (e.g., same view to multiple users)707/10, Distributed or remote access707/100DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTUREExaminersPrimary: Black, Thomas G.Assistant: Lewis, Michael Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30Foreign Application Priority Data1994-01-20 JPAbstractA production system including a network processing unit which allows a node, which refers to a data part which has changed, to execute a necessary change such that nodes in a data base are always kept in a latest state, and a production processing unit which selects and matches only a production rule, which refers to the node which has changed, so as to shorten the time required for the matching processing. A method of node control designates the direct node which is not necessary to be processed, when there is a change in the data part of a hierarchical network, so as to perform the processing in the network efficiently. | |