// // START-InferenceProcedure /** * <code> * function FOL-FC-ASK(KB, alpha) returns a substitution or false * inputs: KB, the knowledge base, a set of first order definite clauses * alpha, the query, an atomic sentence * </code> */ public InferenceResult ask(FOLKnowledgeBase KB, Sentence query) { // Assertions on the type of queries this Inference procedure // supports if (!(query is AtomicSentence)) { throw new ArgumentException( "Only Atomic Queries are supported."); } FCAskAnswerHandler ansHandler = new FCAskAnswerHandler(); Literal alpha = new Literal((AtomicSentence)query); // local variables: new, the new sentences inferred on each iteration List<Literal> newSentences = new List<Literal>(); // Ensure query is not already a know fact before // attempting forward chaining. List<Dictionary<Variable, Term>> answers = KB.fetch(alpha); if (answers.Count > 0) { ansHandler.addProofStep(new ProofStepFoChAlreadyAFact(alpha)); ansHandler.setAnswers(answers); return ansHandler; } // repeat until new is empty do { // new <- {} newSentences.Clear(); // for each rule in KB do // (p1 ^ ... ^ pn => q) <-STANDARDIZE-VARIABLES(rule) foreach (Clause impl in KB.getAllDefiniteClauseImplications()) { Clause impl2 = KB.standardizeApart(impl); // for each theta such that SUBST(theta, p1 ^ ... ^ pn) = // SUBST(theta, p'1 ^ ... ^ p'n) // --- for some p'1,...,p'n in KB foreach (Dictionary<Variable, Term> theta in KB.fetch(invert(new List<Literal>(impl2 .getNegativeLiterals())))) { // q' <- SUBST(theta, q) Literal qPrime = KB.subst(theta, impl.getPositiveLiterals() [0]); // if q' does not unify with some sentence already in KB or // new then do if (!KB.isRenaming(qPrime) && !KB.isRenaming(qPrime, newSentences)) { // add q' to new newSentences.Add(qPrime); ansHandler.addProofStep(impl, qPrime, theta); // theta <- UNIFY(q', alpha) Dictionary<Variable, Term> theta2 = KB.unify(qPrime.getAtomicSentence(), alpha .getAtomicSentence()); // if theta is not fail then return theta if (null != theta2) { foreach (Literal l in newSentences) { Sentence s = null; if (l.isPositiveLiteral()) { s = l.getAtomicSentence(); } else { s = new NotSentence(l.getAtomicSentence()); } KB.tell(s); } ansHandler.setAnswers(KB.fetch(alpha)); return ansHandler; } } } } // add new to KB foreach (Literal l in newSentences) { Sentence s = null; if (l.isPositiveLiteral()) { s = l.getAtomicSentence(); } else { s = new NotSentence(l.getAtomicSentence()); } KB.tell(s); } } while (newSentences.Count > 0); // return false return ansHandler; }