Definitions for "Inference engine"
the feature of an expert system that handles the processing of rules and facts to reach a conclusion, using either forward or backward chaining (path direction).
The G2 component that monitors events and reasons about changing conditions while invoking rules by means of forward chaining, backward chaining, event detection, focusing, and scanning.
The logic embodied in the software of an expert system.
a computer program that tries to derive This architecture relies on a data store, or working memory
Keywords:  verify, step, generate, process
a process that can verify (or generate) an Inference Step