From: milind.a.joshi@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 5, 1:35 am, Paolo  wrote:   
   > ... building billing systems?   
   > I do not have any knowledge on ai but after reading some paper on the   
   > internet I started to think that expert systems (for example CLIPS)   
   > could be an interesting solution for building billing systems.   
   > Imagine to have many options/data that should drive billing, imagine   
   > that the pricing schema of the products could change often (say   
   > monthly), it could be a pain to mantain and keep updated a system   
   > built with procedural languages.   
   > I would like to have your suggestions before I start to study expert   
   > systems to figure out if my feeling is correct.   
   > Thanks   
   >   
   > Paolo   
   >   
      
   Generally speaking, Expert Systems are giant "if-then-else"   
   systems. :-) So, if your intention is to create something like that,   
   that incorporates a large set of rules specified as a matrix or   
   database tables, you can use normal database oriented with static or   
   dynamic SQL queries for this sort of a problem. Unless you have a real   
   project on hand with a customer who wants you to do this specific way,   
   I see no reason why you should do it with an "expert system".   
      
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