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title: "OPS, A Domain-Independent Production System Language"
authors:
  - "Charles Forgy"
  - "John P. McDermott"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1977/220"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1977/0220.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1977
pages: "933-938"
track: "Languages and Systems"
keywords:
---

# OPS, A Domain-Independent Production System Language

Charles Forgy, John P. McDermott

*Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 933-938.

## Abstract

It has been claimed that production systems have sev eral advantages over other representational schemes. These include the potential for general self-augmentation (i .e ., learning of new behavior) and the ability to function in complex environments. The production system language, OPS, was implemented to lest these claims. In this paper we explore some of the issues that bear ·on the design of production system languages and try to show the adequacy of OPS for its intended .purpose.