A data-flow visual approach to symbolic computing: implementing a production-rule-based programming system through a general-purpose data-flow VL

The main aim of this paper is to investigate how the production-rule-based computational paradigm can be implemented through visual data-flow techniques. We propose a simple yet effective system for visually composing rule preconditions and actions, through a general purpose data-flow visual language.

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