Inference without the Engine

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Inference without the Engine!
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What is EZ-Xpert 3.0?

• EZ-Xpert is a Rapid Application Development (RAD)
  environment for creating fast and accurate
  rule-based systems.
• EZ-Xpert elicits specifications from the user,
  algorithmically verifies them, refines them, and
  generates ready-to-compile-and-deploy code in C
  for Windows and Visual Basic.
• It is based on EZ-Xpert 2.0, which PC AI called
  the essential tool for anyone developing large,
  complex, high performance or mission critical
  intelligent components

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Why EZ-Xpert?

• Development and maintenance by end users
• Fast, easy development and maintenance
• Most accurate implementations
• Highest implementation Speed
• Generates code in your development environment
  C or VB (Java, CPPU, CPPL in V. 3.05)
• No inference engine to buy, learn, support, and
  implement on every CPU the implementation uses
• No need for expert systems consultants
• Application efficiency
• aving throughout the life cycle

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Speed of Development and Maintenance Ease of Use

• Wizards, fill-in-the-blank screens, and the
  debugger lead the user through the process of
  building the application.
• EZ-Xpert then generates complete,
  ready-to-compile-and-deploy systems. The user
  writes no code and no verification testing is
  needed!
• Repository-based architecture and extensive
  verification almost eliminate testing.
• It is possible to build a complete 500 rule
  system in a single day.

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Ease of Maintenance

• Only EZ-Xpert makes true end-user maintenance
  possible and fast!
• Updating code, testing the application, and
  performing verification of an entire rule base is
  beyond the capabilities of almost all end users,
  so outside assistance is needed with traditional
  IE products.
• EZ-Xpert does verification automatically and
  generates ready-to-compile code, allowing
  end-users to maintain the application. Changes
  can be implemented in minutes!

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The Debugger also leads you through the process
of building the system.
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Speed of Development and Maintenance Automation

• Many processes that are usually done manually (or
  not done) are automated in EZ-Xpert.
• Verification of 23 criteria
• Conflict resolution at development time!
• Rule base optimization
• Logical and Range simplification
• and code generation into C and Visual Basic!

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Rules can be created with the Rule Xpert or the
Rule Browser.
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Accuracy

• How expert are your expert systems?
• Are you automating inaccuracy?
• EZ-Xpert verifies each component of the system as
  it is being built for 23 verification criteria,
  which fall in the classes of
• Consistency (including confliction, subsumption)
• Completeness
• Domain and host language constraints
• Reachability
• Conciseness

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Implementation Speed

• One of the major tasks performed by a
  conventional inference engine at run time is
  called Conflict Resolution figuring out what to
  do next.
• EZ-Xpert does Conflict Resolution during
  development, dramatically simplifying the
  implementation.
• Applications can test 20,000 rules per second,
  and fire 1,000 rules per second - on a PC, not a
  workstation or mini-computer!

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No Inference Engine (IE)

• If you use any IE, your expenses probably will
  include
• Purchasing the IE
• Learning the IE programming language
• Learning how to successfully integrate and
  implement the IE
• Supporting the IE
• Arranging for IEs for every CPU your application
  runs on
• Consulting bills for middleware

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No Consultants

• You might want AI Developers to create an initial
  system, or have one of your programmers write
  some code. But-
• You dont need to do exotic tricks in an obscure
  language your programmers work in C or VB! No
  middleware!
• Toll free telephone support, email support, and
  one individualized internet training course for
  EZ-Xpert are included with your purchase. Along
  with free upgrades to every update of EZ-Xpert
  3.x!

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No Language Limitations

• EZ-Xpert generates code into your normal
  development environment, so the limitations of
  your EZ-Xpert application are the limitations of
  your language, not the limitations of an
  inference engine.
• EZ-Xpert provides internal support for ODBC
  databases and sensors, as well as passing values
  from the calling program, files, or user-defined
  code.
• Host language and user-defined functions may be
  used.

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Application Efficiency

• EZ-Xpert-generated code is compiled into your
  application, not an external IE.
• Memory usage is minimized, and there is no memory
  intensive RETE algorithm.
• There is no latency when the code is called. An
  inference engine must load itself, load and parse
  the rules, and initialize, where EZ-Xpert
  initializes a few variables and RUNS!
• High speed and low memory needs may allow your
  application to run on a PC instead of a
  mini-computer with the same performance!

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Leveraging Intelligence

• EZ-Xpert code does not require any special care
  and feeding. No royalties, no special libraries,
  no licensing its your code and you can do what
  you want to with it.
• You can put your EZ-Xpert generated application
  on every computer on the planet or embed it in
  your commercial software transparently and for
  free.

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aving on a 500 rule system(after purchase of
development environment)
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