STRUCTURAL MODELING OF THE DATABASE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE ACTIVE ELEMENTS OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
In this paper, using the PROLOG language and logical programming methods, development of databases and knowledge bases for manipulating objects like active elements in a simulation representation is considered. The knowledge presented in the form of facts and rules which are the main part of the PROLOG language, simplifies the creation of a knowledge base in logical terms. A source of information selected in accordance with the professional interests of an user and converted into a logical form is the main part for solving its tasks. Logical programming methods allow building knowledge base for manipulating objects. Information objects are built on the basis of a common database and serve as a source of information selected in accordance with the professional interests of the user and converted into a form suitable for solving its tasks. The architecture of structural modeling of each active element that is part of flexible manufacture systems is proposed. The production model is presented in view of facts and rules in the PROLOG language and also the knowledge base on the PROLOG language is implemented to manipulate active elements in the complex, as flexible manufacture systems. As a result, databases and knowledge bases are obtained that ensure the dynamic behavior of an object owing to time. The advantage of structural modeling of the system is that knowledge about the modelling system is defined and the algorithm implemented on the computer finds a solution that matches this goal.