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A Rule-Based System for eCommerce Applications

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Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2004)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 3213))

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In this paper, we present mandarax, a rule-based system designed to power object-oriented server applications. We discuss constraints imposed by the system environment, and how these constraints are addresses in the mandarax system design. The focus is on using the iterator design pattern to represent knowledge and on the integration of existing functionality implemented in the application object model. Emerging standards and related approaches are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Jens Dietrich

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  1. KES International, 2nd Floor, 145-157 St John Street, EC1V 4PY, London, United Kingdom

    Mircea Gh. Negoita

  2. Centre for SMART systems Engineering Research Centre, University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, 5095, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Dietrich, J. (2004). A Rule-Based System for eCommerce Applications. In: Negoita, M.G., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3213. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30132-5_65

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