Some Technical Details

• Data for incoming students

  • Files from Registrar's Office: Standardized tests, high school transcripts, follow-up performance data
  • Storage in MySQL database

• Web-based materials

  • Data from HTML forms

• Programming in PHP

  • Connection with MySQL
  • Web scripting
  • Associative arrays for rule storage

• Inference engine

  • Version 1 (1993) based on TMYCIN (LISP-based) from the AI Lab at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Version 2 (2010) based on PHP, locally developed

• Notes

  • Formal grammar for rule structure
  • Rules in LISP/PHP format (for scripting) and English format (for faculty review)
  • Backtracking algorithm for rule processing
  • Extensive testing, using various reporting scripts
  • Iterative refinement of rules

created 20 October 2010 last revised 20 October 2010

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