Index


 
Symbols
 
- 390
$? 103
& 104
* 390
** 391
+ 391
/ 390
; as comment delimiter 44
< 391
<- 100
<= 391
<> 391
= 107, 391
=> 97
> 391
>= 391
?argv 58
?ERROR 72
\ 135, 314
__data 87, 101, 313
| 104, 297
       implementation 106
~ 104
 
A
 
abs 391
abstract methods 225
accessors 66
Acme HVAC Systems 224, 256
ActionEvent 208
ActionListener 208
actionPerformed 208
actions 17
activation 97
activation records 97, 135, 137?138
activation semaphore 422
addActionListener 208
addMultiSlot 313
addOutputRouter 329
addPropertyChangeListener 92, 230
addSlot 312
addUserfunction 240
ad-hoc algorithms 256
Adobe Photoshop 358
advice 58, 60
agenda 19?20, 22, 97, 121, 210?211, 391
air conditioner 257
algorithm 256
all-products 301
alpha memory 138
alphabetical order 181
ambiguous method calls 69
analysis 24
and 392
       conditional element 108
       predicate function 106
Ant 324, 328, 330
Any
       CORBA type 241
Apache project 326
Apache Software License 326
appendText 321
applets 288?289
       lifecycle issues 289
application object 393
application servers 222, 288, 324, 355, 359
apply 54, 392
architecture 37, 165
arguments
       type conversions 63
arrays 50, 214
ART 32, 136
asc 392
ask module 167, 169, 175, 188, 194, 206, 211
ask-user 206
assert 78, 211, 392
assertFact 211, 345
assertion storms 304
assert-string 392
asynchronous events 264
ATOM 422
auto-focus 127?128, 169, 191, 303?304
automated testing. See tests, automated
automobiles 189
availability 358
 
B
 
backward chaining 116, 188, 193, 198, 216
       and queries 131
       implementation 143
       inhibiting 120
       multilevel 119
       preventing 202
backward-chaining reactive 118
bag 392
BaseServlet 337, 339, 344
batch 47, 162, 259, 393
batch files 428
BeanSupport 230, 234
best match 69
beta memory 138
bias 157
binary decisions 269
bind 47?48, 243, 394
bit-and 394
bit-not 394
bit-or 394
bload 235, 247, 394
boilerplate 291
books and journals 156
Boolean expressions 52
Boolean logic 264
Boolean values 43
BorderLayout 207
Bourne shell 428
breadth 409
bsave 235, 247, 394
buffer 257
build 55, 394
build.xml 330
business rules 11, 355, 362
buzzwords 358, 360
 
C
 
C 224?225
call 64, 317, 395
       Jess function 215
       omitting 65
       Userfunction method 239
call-on-engine 395
categories 293
CD-ROMs 157
checkInitialized 337, 344
child-care expenses 176
clarity 297
class variables 70
classical set theory 266
classification 265
CLASSPATH 33, 232
clear 79, 210, 311, 395
clear-focus-stack 127, 395
clear-storage 395
client-server 288
CLIPS 32, 85, 136
       performance 38
close 395
CLP files 162
code as data 54
Collections API 62, 67
COM 241
combo box 213
command-line interface 150, 206
comments 44, 152
       nested 44
complement$ 396
complete testing 177
component architecture 376
components 88, 222
conclusions 17, 75
concurrency 302
condensation 257
conditional elements 108
       and 108
       combining 112
       exists 113
       explicit 120, 202
       logical 115
       not 111, 142, 296
       or 109
       ordering for efficiency 111
       reading 112
       subrules 110
       test 113, 143, 198, 299
conflict resolution 20, 121
       breadth 121
       depth 121
       strategy 121, 201
conflict set 20, 121
conflict strategy 22
conflicting information 154
constants 233
constraints 101
       blank variables 104
       connective 104, 297
       functions 105
       global variables 104
       grouping 105
       literal 101
       multifields 103
       pattern bindings 107
       precedence 105
       return value 106
       variables 102
constructs 60, 390
container 376
context 396
Context object 416
control 225
control algorithm 256
control engineering 256
control flow 50
control structures
       writing 244
control systems 222
conversions 241
cookies 339
COOL 33
CORBA 241
count-query-results 131, 396
Craig Smith xxv
create$ 5, 50, 214, 396
crisp
       logical states 264
crlf 43, 167
current module 123
customers 151, 155
Cygwin 169, 428
 
D
 
DAML 364
Danielle xxv
DARPA 364
data structures 166
       designing 24
database triggers 128
databases 302
       relational 75, 128, 351, 353
Dean, Mike 364
debugging 295
       web applications 341
declarative programming 15, 369
declare
       auto-focus 127, 191, 303
       node-index-hash 142
       salience 122
       variables 130, 302
defadvice 58, 215, 396
default 83
default constructor 63
default slot values 83, 163
default-dynamic 84
defclass 87, 90, 118, 232, 258, 315, 396
       differences from CLIPS 32
deffacts 80, 94, 169, 174, 200
deffunction 56, 135, 208, 302
       reading 60
defglobal 48, 205, 258, 260, 283
definstance 88, 90?91, 93?94, 222, 232, 258, 315, 397
       differences from CLIPS 32
defmodule 123, 166, 303
       differences from CLIPS 32
defquery 128, 168, 301, 305, 339
       internal variables 302
defrule 96, 361
deftemplate 5, 82, 135, 153, 162, 294, 302
       __clear 87
       __fact 87
       __not_or_test_CE 87
       designing 162
       generated 89
       implied 86
       redefining 83
       sharing between modules 166, 169
defuzzification 268
delete$ 397
DeMorgan?s rules 110
dependents 178
       care expenses 176, 179
       number of 175
deployment descriptor 326
depth 409
       conflict-resolution strategy 201
desk research 151, 156
determinism 96
device drivers 325
diagnostic programs 188
dialog box 214
diff 430
Digital Equipment Corporation 292
DimmerSwitch 89
dispatch 334
distance 55
distributed 359
div 397
do-backward-chaining 117?118, 397
Document Object Model. See DOM
documentation comment 56, 97
doGet 328, 337?338
DOM 373
domain 17, 150, 152
domain expert 155, 256
Donne, John 222
doPost 338
double negative 111
DTD 367?368
ducklessness 295
duplicate 85, 94, 107, 397
duplicating facts 85
DVDs 293
 
E
 
e 397
editability 361
efficiency 141, 144, 297
EJBs 376, 378
       restrictions 377
electronic commerce 37
Emacs 46
       jess-mode 46
Emacs Lisp 58
email filtering 9
EMYCIN 19
encapsulation 352
engine 211, 398
enterprise 358
enterprise application 358
Enterprise JavaBeans. See EJBs
enterprise systems 355
entity beans 376
environment variables
       setting 34
eq 398
eq* 398
error checking 204
error handling 226
eval 55, 398
evaluating
       expressions 51
       function call 46
event adapter 208
event handlers 208?209
event object 208
event thread 209
exception handler 71
exceptions 164
       catching 71
       ignoring 317
       throwing 73
executeCommand 308, 338
       efficiency 310
execution context 239, 416
execution engine 19, 23
exists 113
exit 232, 398
exp 398
experimentation 205
expert knowledge 159
expert system shell 19
expert systems 18, 37
expert users 155
explanation facility 184
explanations 181
explicit 120
explode$ 398
expressions 51
       Boolean 52
       evaluating 51
Extensible Markup Language 360
EXTERNAL_ADDRESS 309, 422
external-addressp 398
eXtreme programming 25
eye contact 154
 
F
 
facade 307, 420
FACT 422
fact base 21, 75
fact-id 78, 398
       Jess function 79
factorial 117
factory class 380
facts 75, 295, 399
       as lists 75
       creating 78
       goal-seeking 118
       Jess function 77, 177
       ordered 76, 81, 86
       query trigger 130
       shadow 81, 87, 100
       trigger 118
       unordered 81?82, 87, 163
fact-slot-value 130, 399
FALSE 43, 390
fat client 288, 290
fear of being replaced 155
feedback 184
fetch 309, 399
findDeftemplate 311
findFactById 314
findUserfunction 246
firePropertyChange 232
first$ 50, 399
first-best fit 404
FLOAT 422
float 399
floatp 399
flowcharts 152, 188, 191, 197, 216, 256
       drawing 189
focus 123, 126, 173, 182, 399
focus module 126
focus stack 127?128, 182
for
       Java keyword 258
foreach 5, 51, 196, 244, 399
Forgy, Charles 136
format 400
Freon 257
frontiers 151
FUNCALL 422
Funcall 316
Funcall.NIL 245
Funcall.TRUE 69
function calls
       evaluating 46
       nested 46
       results 46
functions
       deffunction 56
       nesting 65
       redefining 57
fuzzified 268
Fuzziness 265
fuzzy control system 264
fuzzy logic 256, 264
fuzzy rules 268
fuzzy set 267
fuzzy set theory 266
fuzzy value 267
fuzzy variable 267
FuzzyJ 265
FuzzyJ Toolkit
       version 276
FuzzyJess 219, 265
fuzzy-match 268
FuzzySet 267
FuzzyValue 267
FuzzyVariable 267
 
G
 
games 288
garbage collection 39, 209
geek speak 154
General Protection Fault. See GPF
gensym 315
gensym* 315, 400
GET 338
get 67, 400
getAttribute 338
getCause 317
getClass 90
getContext 316
get-current-module 124, 400
get-focus 400
get-focus-stack 127, 400
getGlobalContext 308
getInitParameter 338
getInputRouter 320
getLineNumber 316
get-member 70, 215, 400
get-multithreaded-io 400
getName
       Userfunction method 239
getOutputRouter 320
getOutStream 320
getProgramText 316
get-reset-globals 49, 401
getRoutine 316
get-salience-evaluation 122, 401
getWriter 325
global decision 268
global variable name 48
global variables 48
GNU make 324
goal seeking 116
goals 118
Google 318
government publications 156
GPF 191
graceful degradation 198
Graphical User Interface. See GUI
guard lines 257, 260
GUI 37, 188, 195, 204, 229, 295
       in EJBs 377
 
H
 
halt 191, 198, 215, 304, 401
hardware
       Java interface 225
hash table 141
HashMap 62, 68
head 137, 311
       of a fact 78
       of a list 45
heap size 39
heat leakage 227
heat pumps 223, 257?258
       operation 257
       rapid cycling 260
Hello, World 34
heuristics 18, 24
Holmes, Sherlock 117
HotSpot 38?39
HTML 181, 290?291, 295, 324?325, 327
       changing 332
       generated 332
HTML editor 291
HTML forms 325, 335?336
HTTP 288, 324?325, 338
HTTPS 288, 325
HttpServlet 290
HttpServletRequest 325, 333, 340
HttpServletResponse 325
HttpSession 340
HttpUnit 343
human resources 288
HVAC 222
HVAC Controller xxvii
HVAC controller xxiii, 219
HVAC simulator 225
hyphen, as word separator 97
hypothesis 188, 191, 216
 
I
 
I/O routers 319
       and binary I/O 320
       custom 320, 330
IDE
       JessWin 259
if 401
       Jess function 297
if/then/else 52
       chaining 53
immutable 241, 345
implode$ 401
import 63, 204, 401
       * 63
index cards 152, 162
inference engine 19?20
information overload 153
initial conditions 276
initial-fact 77, 79, 97?98, 112, 114, 142?143
init-simulator 248, 264
input validation 194
insert$ 401
instance variables 70
instanceof 401
       Jess function 72
INTEGER 422
Integer 63
integer 196, 402
       Jess function 198
integerp 402
Intel x86 architecture 191
intelligent agents 37
interactive 76
interest income 174?175, 178
interfaces
       building 25
Internet 288
Internet Explorer 289
interoperability 361
intersection 108
intersection$ 402
interviews 151?153, 157, 188, 190
       strategy 154
intranet 288
intValue 241
inventory 358
inventory management 288
IRS 150, 156, 159
is-a-function 60
is-of-type 167
iterative development 26, 162
Iterator 352
 
J
 
J2EE xxvii, 12, 288, 290?291, 324, 355, 359, 376
       reference implementation 359
       tools 377
J2EE Connector Architecture. See JCA
J2SE 384
Jakarta 324, 359
JAR files 330
jargon 152, 154
Java xxi
       arrays 67, 214
       calling methods from Jess 64
       calling overloaded methods 68
       calling static methods 66
       compiler 68
       constructing objects from Jess 62
       downloading 33
       performance 38
       public member variables 70
       required knowledge 32
       version 33
Java Naming and Directory Interface. See JNDI
Java Native Interface. See JNI
Java objects, sending to Jess 309
Java Plug-in 289
Java Servlet API 325
Java Web Start 289
java.applet.Applet 289
java.awt.Color 309
java.awt.Point 70
java.awt.Robot 216
java.beans 230
java.beans.Introspector 88
java.beans.PropertyChange-Event 92
java.beans.PropertyChange- Listener 92
java.io.Reader 319
java.io.Serializable 247
java.lang 63
java.lang.Object
       wait() 211
java.lang.System
       exit() 215
java.lang.Thread 209
java.rmi.Remote 380
java.rmi.RemoteException 380
java.util.ArrayList 425
java.util.Iterator 129
java.util.Vector 425
JavaBeans 66, 87?88, 229, 258, 260, 314
       example 89
       properties 88, 229
       property names 67
       string properties 260
JavaScript 292
JavaServer Pages. See JSPs
javax.rules 26, 353, 383
       reference implementation 386
javax.rules.admin.RuleAdministrator 385
javax.rules.RuleExecutionSet 385
javax.rules.RuleExecutionSetProvider 385
javax.rules.RuleServiceProvider 384
javax.rules.RuleServiceProviderManager 384
javax.servlet.Servlet 290
javax.swing 204
JBoss 359
JButton 204, 207
JCA 378, 384
JComboBox 67?68, 213
JDBC 385
JDK 289
Jess xxi, 18
       applications 36
       as a dynamic scripting environment 37
       as a prototyping tool 62
       as a rapid application development environment 37
       built-in functions 46
       command-line interface 35
       downloading 33
       embedding 222
       formatting code 45
       formatting constructs 419
       functions 47
       home page 32
       installing 33
       Java integration 62
       library 307
       license xxii
       parser 417
       performance 38?39
       rule language 32, 42
       running 34
       user?s manual 33
       web site 33
Jess functions
       calling from Java 315
Jess in Action
       web site 173
Jess prompt
       and I/O routers 319
Jess values
       sending to Java 309
jess.awt.ActionListener 208
jess.awt.TextAreaWriter 320
jess.awt.TextReader 320
jess.Console 35, 289, 320
       implementation 321
jess.ConsoleApplet 289
jess.Context 242, 244, 308, 416
jess.Deftemplate 240, 311
jess.Fact 130, 222, 240, 311, 416
       constructing ordered facts in Java 313
       constructing unordered from Java 345
       constructing unordered in Java 312
       ownership 312
jess.FactIDValue 245
jess.Funcall 240, 245, 315, 417
jess.jar 33
jess.Jesp 417
jess.JessEvent 418
jess.JessException 241, 316
jess.JessListener 419
jess.LongValue 245
jess.Main 34, 283, 307, 320
jess.Node 145
jess.PrettyPrinter 419
jess.Rete 208, 210, 240, 307, 380, 420
       constructors 307
jess.RU 43, 139, 241, 422
jess.Strategy 121
jess.Token 130, 423
jess.Userfunction 235
jess.Userpackage 248, 253
jess.Value 43, 62?63, 195, 241, 308, 345, 423
       constructors 245
       immutability 43, 345
       resolving 242, 244, 308
       type 245
jess.ValueVector 240, 425
       superclass of Fact 311
jess.Variable 245
Jess> prompt 77
JessEvent 418
JessException 316
       catching 316
       constructors 318
       incorrect usage 317
       root cause 317
       throwing 318
       toString method 317
jess-version-number 402
jess-version-string 402
JessWin 35, 259
JFrame 205
       setDefaultCloseOption 215
JNDI 378, 384
JNI 224
join nodes 138, 143?144
JOptionPane 214
JPanel 214
JScrollPane 206
jsp:useBean 334
JSPs 291, 295, 332, 341, 377
       forwarding servlet requests to 333
JSR 94 26, 383
       reference implementation 384
JTextArea 206
JTextField 207
JUnit 428
JVM
       support 289
JWSDP 291
 
K
 
Kay, Michael 369
keyboard 197
kill
       Userfunction 239
kiosk 150
kitchen sink 114
knowledge
       limits of 198
knowledge engineering 23, 26, 150, 162, 188, 190, 256, 292
       dressing the part 154
       iterative process 151
       overlapping development 153
knowledge engineers
       background 151
 
L
 
Lao Tzu 150
late binding 57
layout managers 62
Leff, Laurence 366
left memory 138
left-hand side 17, 97
length$ 106, 402
lexeme 390
lexemep 402
LHS. See left-hand side
libraries 156, 224
library example 134
linguistic terms 273
Linux 324, 326
Lisp 32
LIST 313, 422
list-deftemplates 124, 402
list-focus-stack 127, 402
list-function$ 60, 402
listp 404
lists 45
       creating 49
       nesting 50
       plain 50
load-facts 295, 338, 402
load-function 239, 247, 403
load-package 248, 253, 258, 403
load-testing 343
log 403
log10 403
logical 115
logical dependency 115
logical support 116
LONG 422
long 47, 403
       entering literal value 47
longp 403
loops 50, 182
lowcase 403
 
M
 
Macintosh 191
MAIN 123, 166
       module 78
main module 123
main thread 209
Makefile 328, 330, 428
manual testing
       of GUIs 216
manufacturing resource planning 288
marketing 293
matches 146, 403
mathematical functions 164
max 403
member$ 52, 60, 106, 404
membership
       in a fuzzy set 266
memory usage
       during pattern matching 297
message-driven beans 376
metadata 366
Microsoft 324
Microsoft Word 358
min 404
missing information 7
mobile agents xxi
mod 404
modal dialog 214
model-view-controller paradigm See MVC
modify 85, 94, 107, 238, 404
modifying facts 85
modular applications 184
modularity 202
modules 26, 78, 123, 166, 173
       defining 124
       focus 126
       name lookup 125
       name resolution 124
monographs 156
motherboard 197
moving expenses 176
MRP 222
multifields 57, 103
multiple catch blocks 72
multislots 84, 89, 195, 294, 313
       creating from Java 313
multithreading 264
MULTIVARIABLE 422
Murphy?s Law 17
mutators 66
MVC 332
MYCIN 18, 188
 
N
 
namespaces 124
native
       Java keyword 225
native methods 224
negation count 142
neq 60, 404
Netscape 289
new 62, 307, 404
newline 44
newsletters 156
Newton?s Law of Cooling 227
nil 43, 83, 119, 164, 245
node index hash value 141
node sharing 139, 143
Node1MTEQ 145
Node1NONE 145
Node1RTL 145
Node1TECT 145
NodeNot2 145
NodeTerm 145
NodeTest 145
nonlinearity 223
non-public classes 134
not 404
       nested 113
       predicate function 106
NRC 265
nrc.fuzzy 269
nth$ 50, 58, 404
null 43, 245
null fact 142
NumberFormatException 71
numberp 168, 405
 
O
 
OBJECT
       slot name 90
object nursery size 39
oddp 405
one-input nodes 137
open 405
OPS5 32, 136
or 405
       conditional element 109
       implementation 110
       predicate function 106
Orchard, Bob xxiii, 219, 265
order configuration 288
ordering patterns 297
oscillations 262
OutOfMemoryError 143
overshoot 281
 
P
 
package names 204
packages 225, 247, 253
page-testing 343
partial matches 297
pattern bindings 100, 107
       negated patterns 112
       with exists 113
pattern matching 19, 22, 134
       efficient 136
       inefficient 135
       performance of 297
pattern nodes 138
patterns 98
payroll 358
PC Repair Assistant xxvii, 185
peer review 156
pencil 152, 189
phases 26
physics 223
pi 405
pickling 235
plain lists 67
policy file 382
pop-focus 127, 405
possibility distribution 266
POST 338
ppdeffacts 126, 405
ppdeffunction 405
ppdefglobal 405
ppdefquery 405
ppdefrule 97, 126, 130, 405
       return value 98
ppdeftemplate 86, 405
predicate constraints 105
predicate functions 105, 113
predicates 17, 102
premises 17, 75
price list 64
principles 151
printout 35, 47, 167, 319?320, 329, 406
PrintWriter 68, 326
priority 275
procedural language 96
procedural programming 14?15
progn 53, 406
property change events 264
PropertyChangeEvent 230, 234, 315
PropertyChangeListener 230
PropertyChangeSupport 230, 232
       design problem in 231
pseudocode 153, 162
public classes 63
public constructors 63
 
Q
 
queries 96, 301
query trigger fact 130
 
R
 
radiator 257
random 406
rate of change 276
RDBMS 351
read 167, 195, 406
readline 319?320, 406
Recommendations Agent xxvii, 288, 291?292, 296, 324, 329, 331
relation 128
relational database 75, 128, 351, 353
remote interface 379?380
remote method invocation 379
removePropertyChangeListener 92, 230
repaint 207
replace$ 406
reporting tools 363
RequestDispatcher 334
requirements 151, 184
requirements documents 153
requirements engineering 151
reset 48?49, 77, 79?80, 97?99, 114, 170, 205, 210, 258, 311, 406
       implementation 139
resolveValue 242
respect 154
rest$ 50, 58, 406
Rete
       pronunciation 136
Rete algorithm 39, 96, 134, 136
       brief description 136
       memory usage 141
       optimization 139
       performance 141
Rete network 21, 136, 143
       viewing 144
Rete utilities 43, 422
retract 78, 94, 100, 107, 139, 313?314, 406
       efficient, from Java 314
retract-string 407
return 56, 127?128, 407
       from a rule 128
       from RHS of rule 169
return value constraint 260, 297
       implementation 107
return values
       type conversions 64
RHS. See right-hand side
RI 386
right memory 138
right to left adapter 144
right-hand side 17, 42, 97
RMI 379
       class server 383
       security manager 382
rmic 379, 382
rmiregistry 382
robots 14
round 407
router 319
RU.ADD 139
RU.ATOM 64, 251
RU.CLEAR 139
RU.EXTERNAL_ADDRESS 62, 249, 309
RU.FACT 78
RU.FLOAT 43
RU.FUNCALL 243
RU.INTEGER 43, 63, 195
RU.LIST 313
RU.LONG 43
RU.MULTIVARIABLE 242
RU.REMOVE 139
RU.STRING 44
RU.UPDATE 139
RU.VARIABLE 242
rubber ducks 295
rule actions
       in XML 365
rule base 19, 21
rule compiler 21
rule development and deployment environment 18
rule engines 16, 18, 21, 37
       standards 26
rule languages
       common concepts 361
       Jess 32
       standard 27
       vendor-specific 27
rule representations 361
rule-based systems 17
       architecture 19
       developing 23
RuleML 363?364
rules 17, 407
       backward chaining 96, 116
       compiling 99 example 137
       editors 362, 366, 372
       firing 98
       forward chaining 96
       interoperability 361
       Jess function 130
       rewriting 110
       server 379
       simplest possible 96
       storage 362
       writing 25
       XML representation 365
run 98, 100, 170, 210, 311, 407
       in multithreaded applications 346
Runnable 273
runQuery 340
run-query 129?130, 301, 407
runtest.ref 429
runtest.sh 429
run-until-halt 201, 232, 408
 
S
 
salience 121, 275, 281
       performance impact 122
sample code 263
Sandia National Laboratories xxi, 32
save-facts 408
scalability 193, 358
script
       UNIX command 177
scripting 62
seamless 359
search engines 157
searchability 361
security 352
selection sort 181
Serializable 235
serialization 235, 247
       and RMI 380
servlet container 290, 326
servlet.jar 327
ServletContext 338, 340
servlets 290?291, 325, 377
       cookies 339
       deploying 326
       deployment descriptor 327
       destroy 350
       example 325
       HelloJess 329
       installing 327
       user sessions 339
ServletUnit 343
session 339
session beans 376
set 67, 408
set point 259
set theory 265
setAttribute 338
setContentType 325
set-current-module 408
setDefaultCloseOperation 215
set-factory 408
setgen 408
set-member 70, 408
set-multithreaded-io 409
set-node-index-hash 142, 409
set-reset-globals 49, 205, 258, 409
set-salience-evaluation 122, 409
setSlotValue 345
set-strategy 121, 409
setVariable 243
shadow facts 229
       dynamic 92
       static 91
sharp
       logical states 264
shell scripts 169
show-deffacts 410
show-deftemplates 87, 410
show-jess-listeners 410
showMessageDialog 215
Simulator 258
SimulatorGUI 229
singleton 273
skeleton 379
slot qualifier 83
slots 82, 89, 135
       default values 163
SOAP 291
sockets 410
sorting 181
sound 197
spanning set 177
sqrt 55, 410
square root 55
stack traces 71, 316
stakeholders 153
startup banner 173
stateful rule session 386
stateful session beans 376
stateless rule session 386
stateless session beans 376
static member variables. See variables, static member
static variables. See variables, static
store 309
stored procedures 302
str-cat 179, 410
str-compare 181, 410
str-index 411
STRING 422
string constants 250
stringp 411
strings
       newlines in 179
str-length 411
stub 379
stub class files 383
subroutines 167, 169?170
subrules 110
subseq$ 411
subsetp 411
sub-string 411
subtlety 265
Swing 188, 204, 208
symbolp 411
symbols 42
       case sensitivity 43
sym-cat 196, 298, 411
syntax diagrams 42
system 411
System.in 319
System.out 319
 
T
 
t 319
       I/O router 319
Tabet, Said 363
tagging interface 235
tags 139
Takagi-Sugeno-Kang 273
Tax Forms Advisor xxvii, 147, 150, 157, 162, 173, 192
taxable income 175
TekMart 335
temperature
       calculation 227
templates
       plastic 189
terminal nodes 138, 144
test harness 169
test.clp 429
test.ref 429
test-driven development 25
testing 24, 167?169, 173, 177, 182?183, 201, 215, 253, 261?263, 295, 343, 428
       coverage 177, 201
       framework 254
       GUIs 215
       in isolation 201
tests 113
       automated 25
       automated framework 25
       conditional element 98
       developing 25
textbooks 156
thermostats 282
thin client 290, 292
thing factory 408
thread safety 308
threads 209, 227, 264
throw 412
       Jess function 73
Throwable 316
time 412
toArray 67
tokens 42, 139
       deleting 139
       number 43
       string 44
Tomcat 285, 324, 326
       and JSPs 333
       default port 329
top-level window 205
toString 63
transactions 358
TRUE 43
truth tables 256, 259, 262, 280
try 197, 412
       Jess function 71
two-input nodes 137
 
U
 
unconditional support 116
undefadvice 59, 412
undefinstance 315, 413
undefrule 97, 111, 413
union$ 413
UNIX 169, 177, 428
unordered facts
       examples. See facts, unordered
unreimbursed expenses 176
untyped 47
unwatch 77, 413
upcase 413
use-ez-form 152
user sessions 289
Userfunction 238, 258, 260, 281, 315, 318
       arguments 240
       call 239
       getName 239
       loading 239
       state 246
users 155
 
V
 
validate 207
validating input 194
value resolution 308
ValueVector 240
       add 240
       get 240
       size 240
VARIABLE 422
variable constraints
       multiple 102
variables 47
       declaring 48
       external 130
       global 48
       internal 130
       multifield 49, 57
       static 70
       static member 69
       top level 48
variableValue 243
VARIANT 241
vendor independence 386
vents 258, 261?262
       absolute positioning 269
       relative positioning 276
verbosity 238
videotapes 293
view 144, 413
Visio 189
Visitor pattern 419
 
W
 
wait 211
waitForActivations 211?212
watch 77, 97, 295, 315, 413
       all 170, 201
       calling from Java 315
       compilations 143
watch activations 120
watch rules 120
web applications 295, 308, 324, 326
       persistence 350
       testing 343
web architectures 288
web browser 289
web designers 335, 341
       and JSPs 333
web services 291
web users 303
web.xml 327, 330, 338, 352
       servlet-mapping 331
WEB-INF 327
weightedAverageDefuzzify 275
Western Illinois University 366
while 52, 183, 244, 258, 414
whitespace 42
wildcards 63
Windows 169, 326, 428
WinZip 33
working fluid 257
working memory 19, 21?22, 75, 134, 307
       changes with time 136
       implementation 314
       similarity to RDBMS 81
World Wide Web 288
wrapper objects 232
Writer 320
WSTDERR 319
WSTDIN 319
WSTDOUT 319
WWW 156
 
X
 
XCON 10, 292, 294
XML xxvii, 327, 358, 360
       ATTLIST 367
       ELEMENT 367
XML editors 361
xsl:template 370
XSLT 361, 363, 369
       transforming rule representations 365
 
Z
 
ZFuzzySet 267