An approach to reasoning in which an inference engine determines the effect of current known variable values on unknown variables by firing all rules whose premises can be established as being true.
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(2013). Forward Chaining. In: Gass, S.I., Fu, M.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_200239
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