knowledge representation with objects and object behavior (i .e . , methods) . For " procedura l programmers" who are no t convinced of the power of this paradigm, the chapter is goo d reading . The treatment of objec t oriented databases was somewha t disappointing in light of th e excellent coverage give n beforehand . The chapter ma y require several readings for the novice but is well worth th e effort . The weakest section of the boo k was the coverage given to exper t systems . The treatment wa s generally too abstract and to o brief for a novice to comprehen d easily . In addition, the cases use d to illustrate both backward an d forward chaining were to o simplistic to give readers a sense of how expert systems might be o f a more serious benefit . Th e discussion was quite similar t o most you will find in introductor y texts on expert systems . On e exception was the discussion o f knowledge representation . Generally, mapping fro m real-world objects to a compute r representation of those objects i s a difficult task in
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