better understanding of rules
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg14848] better understanding of rules
- From: "Barthelet, Luc" <lucb at ea.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 02:16:57 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I am using "transformation rules" not in Mathematica but in the development of SimCity 3000 for the creation of the networks like roads and highways ( I'll provide more details on that in the near future, as it is a lot of fun and I am using Mathematica to build the rules ) anyway, I am looking for information on how the transformation rules are applied in Mathematica. Is there a good place to get details? Although it is now a closed issue, I would like to formalize my process and improve it for the next time around. Here are some of the issues: - How do I need to think about the rules to make sure I am not getting into an infinite loop? - How should I prioritize rules to be applied? - Is there a way to think about rules that makes it obvious when adding a rule will disable another one. - any discussion on performance. I hope there is a formal discussion on this somewhere... Thanks. Luc Barthelet