Assessing the Maintainability of XCON-in-RIME: Coping with the Problems of a VERY Large Rule-Base
Abstract
XCON is a rule-based expert system that configures computer systems. Over 7 years, XCON has grown to 6,200 rules, of which approximately 50% change every year. While the performance of XCON is satisfactory, it is increasingly becoming more difficult to change. With the goal of facilitating maintenance, DEC has developed a new rule-based language, RIME, in which the successor to XCON, XCON-in-RIME, is being written. This paper evaluates the potential for enhanced maintainability of XCON-in-RIME over XCON.
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Soloway et al. "Assessing the Maintainability of XCON-in-RIME: Coping with the Problems of a VERY Large Rule-Base." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1987.Markdown
[Soloway et al. "Assessing the Maintainability of XCON-in-RIME: Coping with the Problems of a VERY Large Rule-Base." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1987.](https://mlanthology.org/aaai/1987/soloway1987aaai-assessing/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{soloway1987aaai-assessing,
title = {{Assessing the Maintainability of XCON-in-RIME: Coping with the Problems of a VERY Large Rule-Base}},
author = {Soloway, Elliot and Bachant, Judy and Jensen, Keith},
booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
year = {1987},
pages = {824-829},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/aaai/1987/soloway1987aaai-assessing/}
}