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backward chaining |
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backward chainingIn AI, a form of reasoning that starts with the conclusion and works backward. The goal is broken into many subgoals or sub-subgoals which can be solved more easily. Known as top-down approach. Contrast with forward chaining. backward chaining [¦bak·wərd ′chān·iŋ] (computer science) In artificial intelligence, a method of reasoning which starts with the problem to be solved and repeatedly breaks this goal into subgoals that are more readily solvable with the relevant data and the system's rules of inference.
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| For example, PROLOG employs backward chaining, CLIPS employs forward chaining, and MYCIN uses modus ponens and backward chaining Harmon, P. backward chaining (in addition to forward chaining), which |
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