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Which structure does forward chaining most naturally build?

  • A.A proof tree rooted at the goal and branching down towards the facts the user has supplied
  • B.A search frontier
  • C.A dependency network recording which of the beliefs currently held support which other beliefs
  • D.A growing set of derived facts

Answer: D

Forward chaining keeps asserting conclusions into working memory until the rules are exhausted, so what accumulates is a set of derived facts. The goal-rooted proof tree belongs to backward chaining, frontiers to search and dependency networks to truth maintenance. Because everything derivable is derived, forward chaining can do a great deal of irrelevant work when only one conclusion was wanted. Reading the definition literally, rather than recalling a formula, is the reliable route through questions of this shape.

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