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Described the R1 production-rule system used by Digital Equipment Corporation to configure VAX-11/780 computer orders and generate component-association diagrams.
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The record is the sole-author 1982 Artificial Intelligence paper. The larger R1/XCON project, OPS5, maintenance work, DEC personnel and later expert systems retain separate attribution; reported regular use is not a claim of error-free autonomous operation.
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John McDermott
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McDermott: R1 rule-based computer-system configuration
Described the R1 production-rule system used by Digital Equipment Corporation to configure VAX-11/780 computer orders and generate component-association diagrams.
Scientific scope
The record is the sole-author 1982 Artificial Intelligence paper. The larger R1/XCON project, OPS5, maintenance work, DEC personnel and later expert systems retain separate attribution; reported regular use is not a claim of error-free autonomous operation.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
John McDermott
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.