Hybridized frame inference and fuzzy reasoning system and method

Claim 2

An inferencing system comprising: means for receiving state data representative of a current state of a system; means for communicating the state data to a frame inference engine; data to be estimated filing unit means for accumulating fuzzy call data representative of a call to a fuzzy reasoning engine; means for communicating the fuzzy call data from the data to be estimated filing unit to a fuzzy reasoning engine; a fuzzy reasoning engine including, means for determining an inference scheme from the fuzzy call data, means for determining fuzzy reasoning result data from the fuzzy call data in accordance with a determined inference scheme, and means for communicating the fuzzy reasoning result data to an estimated result data filing unit; and estimated result data filing unit means for outputting the fuzzy reasoning result data to the frame inference engine.

Claim 3

An inferencing method comprising the steps of: (a) fetching frame rules from a frame inference knowledge filing unit, which each frame rule includes. at least one proposition, each proposition including a test portion and a result portion; (b) receiving state data representative of a state of a subject system; (c) comparing a test portion of a frame rule to the state data acquired in step (b); (d) determining a match of a frame rule and the state data; (e) testing the result data of a matched frame rule for a call to at least one of a frame inference and a fuzzy reasoning; (f) performing, upon determination of a call to a fuzzy reasoning in step (e), the steps of, (i) writing inference data of a matched frame rule to a data to be estimated filing unit, and (ii) commencing a fuzzy reasoning in conjunction with data in the data to be estimated filing unit; and (iii) completing a fuzzy reasoning in accordance with the data in the data to be estimated filing unit and by use of the fuzzy inference knowledge to form fuzzy reasoning result data; and (g) performing, upon determination of a call to a frame inference in step (e), the step of executing a result portion of the frame rules corresponding to a test portion of a matched frame rule.

Claim 4

An inferencing method comprising the steps of: (a) fetching frame rules from a frame inference knowledge filing unit, which each frame rule includes. at least one proposition, each proposition including a test portion and a result portion; (b) receiving state data representative of a state of a subject system; (c) comparing a test portion of a frame rule to the state data acquired in step (b); (d) determining a match of a frame rule and the state data; (e) testing the result data of a matched frame rule for a call to at least one of a frame inference and a fuzzy reasoning; (f) performing, upon determination of a call to a fuzzy reasoning in step (e), the steps of, (i) writing inference data of a matched frame rule to a data to be estimated filing unit, and (ii) commencing a fuzzy reasoning in conjunction with data in the data to be estimated filing unit; and (iii) completing a fuzzy reasoning in accordance with the data in the data to be estimated filing unit and by use of the fuzzy inference knowledge to form fuzzy reasoning result data; and (g) performing, upon determination of a call to a frame inference in step (e), the step of executing a result portion of the frame rules corresponding to a test portion of a matched frame rule.

Claim 5

The inferencing method of claim 2 wherein step (f) further includes the steps of: (iv) writing the fuzzy reasoning result data to an estimated result data filing unit; and (v) outputting the fuzzy reasoning result data from the estimated result data filing unit.

Claim 6

The inferencing method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of repeating steps (a) through (e) until each frame rule in the frame inference knowledge filing unit has been considered.

Claim 7

The inferencing method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of: (h) repeating steps (a) through (e) until each frame rule in the frame inference knowledge filing unit has been considered; and (i) repeating steps (f) and (g) until all propositions of each rule have been considered.

Claim 8

The inferencing method of claim 5 wherein the step (f)(iii) includes the steps of: (1) determining a selected inference scheme from the inference data of the data to be estimated filing unit; and (2) determining the fuzzy reasoning result data in accordance with an inference scheme determined from the inference data.

Claim 9

An inferencing system comprising: a frame inference knowledge filing unit for storage of a plurality of frame rules, wherein each frame rule includes data data representative of at least one proposition, each proposition including test portion data and result portion data; means for fetching frame rules from the frame inference knowledge filing unit; means for receiving state data representative of a state of a subject system; comparing means for comparing a test portion of a frame rules stored in the frame inference knowledge filing unit to the state data; means for determining a match of a frame rule and the state data; testing means for testing the result data of a matched frame rule for a call to at least one of a frame inference and a fuzzy reasoning; means for performing, upon determination of a call to a fuzzy reasoning, writing of inference data of a matched frame rule to a data to be estimated filing unit; a fuzzy reasoning engine means for commencing a fuzzy reasoning scheme in conjunction with data in the data to be estimated filing unit; means for completing a fuzzy reasoning in accordance with the data in the data to be estimated filing unit to form fuzzy reasoning result data and by use of fuzzy reasoning knowledge in filing unit 103; and means for executing, upon determination of a call to a frame inference, a result portion of the frame corresponding to a test portion of a matched frame rule.

Claim 10

An inferencing system comprising: a frame inference knowledge filing unit for storage of a plurality of frame rules, wherein each frame rule includes data data representative of at least one proposition, each proposition including test portion data and result portion data; means for fetching frame rules from the frame inference knowledge filing unit; means for receiving state data representative of a state of a subject system; comparing means for comparing a test portion of a frame rules stored in the frame inference knowledge filing unit to the state data; means for determining a match of a frame rule and the state data; testing means for testing the result data of a matched frame rule for a call to at least one of a frame inference and a fuzzy reasoning; means for performing, upon determination of a call to a fuzzy reasoning, writing of inference data of a matched frame rule to a data to be estimated filing unit; a fuzzy reasoning engine means for commencing a fuzzy reasoning scheme in conjunction with data in the data to be estimated filing unit; means for completing a fuzzy reasoning in accordance with the data in the data to be estimated filing unit to form fuzzy reasoning result data and by use of fuzzy reasoning knowledge in filing unit 103; and means for executing, upon determination of a call to a frame inference, a result portion of the frame corresponding to a test portion of a matched frame rule.

Claim 11

The inferencing system of claim 7 wherein the fuzzy reasoning engine includes: means for determining a selected inference scheme from the inference data in the data to be estimated filing unit; and means for writing the fuzzy reasoning result data to an estimated result data filing unit.

Claim 12

An inferencing system comprising: means for receiving state data representative of a current state of a system; means for communicating the state data with an inference unit; the inference unit including, a knowledge discrimination unit means for determining whether a frame inference or a fuzzy reasoning is to be completed, a frame inference unit for receiving the state data, data to be estimated filing unit means for accumulating fuzzy call data representative of a call to a fuzzy reasoning engine, the fuzzy reasoning engine including means for determining an inference scheme from fuzzy call data, means for determining fuzzy reasoning result data from the fuzzy call data in accordance with a determined inference scheme, and means for communicating the fuzzy reasoning result data to an estimated result data filing unit, and an estimated result data filing unit means for outputting the fuzzy reasoning result data to the frame inference unit; means for querying a user for data identifying whether state data signifies a frame inference or a fuzzy inference in the event that a determination of whether completion of a frame inference or a fuzzy reasoning has not been determined by the knowledge discrimination unit.

Claim 13

An inferencing system comprising: means for receiving state data representative of a current state of a system; means for communicating the state data with an inference unit; the inference unit including, a knowledge discrimination unit means for determining whether a frame inference or a fuzzy reasoning is to be completed, a frame inference unit for receiving the state data, data to be estimated filing unit means for accumulating fuzzy call data representative of a call to a fuzzy reasoning engine, the fuzzy reasoning engine including means for determining an inference scheme from fuzzy call data, means for determining fuzzy reasoning result data from the fuzzy call data in accordance with a determined inference scheme, and means for communicating the fuzzy reasoning result data to an estimated result data filing unit, and an estimated result data filing unit means for outputting the fuzzy reasoning result data to the frame inference unit; means for querying a user for data identifying whether state data signifies a frame inference or a fuzzy inference in the event that a determination of whether completion of a frame inference or a fuzzy reasoning has not been determined by the knowledge discrimination unit.