Patent Document ID: 5495558
Application ID: 07886007

Base Claim:
1. A fuzzy inference development system, comprising: a specifications input device for receiving inference engine specifications data; a knowledge input device for receiving knowledge data used in performing at least one fuzzy inference; an inference engine memory for storing a plurality of inference engines; and a selection processor for selecting at least one of said plurality of inference engines from said inference engine memory based upon a determination by said selection processor that said selected inference engine is appropriate for said at least one fuzzy inference which uses said knowledge data received from said knowledge input device and said inference engine specifications data received from said specifications input device.

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Claim 17:
17. The fuzzy inference development system of claim 1, further comprising: a data base for storing properties for each of said plurality of inference engines stored in said inference engine memory along with property data for calculating each said properties; and property determining means for calculating properties of inference engines by selectively applying said property data stored in said data base to characteristic parameters of said selected at least one inference engine and characteristic parameters of said received knowledge data.