<p>I am interested in learning about the current state of the art regarding forward chaining production systems. I understand that things haven't changed much (regarding the basic algorithms) since 1995's thesis by Robert Doorenbos, available here:</p>

<p><a href="http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/1995/CMU-CS-95-113.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/1995/CMU-CS-95-113.pdf</a></p>

<p>Am I right, or is there some other work I should be aware of?</p>

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2019-07-18T00:25:10.243Z
Have you browsed the papers that cite the thesis you linked to? What did you find?
jbapple
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I've mostly found heuristic improvements, modifications to change semantics, and extensions of different kinds to RETE, but it does not seem to me that there's been any progress beyond RETE.
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Forward chaining algorithms
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# Forward chaining algorithms

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-11)

I am interested in learning about the current state of the art regarding forward chaining production systems. I understand that things haven't changed much (regarding the basic algorithms) since 1995's thesis by Robert Doorenbos, available here:

<http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/1995/CMU-CS-95-113.pdf>

Am I right, or is there some other work I should be aware of?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you browsed the papers that cite the thesis you linked to? What did you find?  
> **username_0**: I've mostly found heuristic improvements, modifications to change semantics, and extensions of different kinds to RETE, but it does not seem to me that there's been any progress beyond RETE.  

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