Obtaining a Copy of CLIPSObtaining a Copy of CLIPSCLIPS 6.1 executables, documentation, and source code are available at http://www.ghgcorp.com/clips/download/. This is the primary site for obtaining the latest release of CLIPS. Most of the documentation at this site is stored in Portable Document Format (PDF) which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html. Compressed files at the CLIPS web set are stored in several formats: zip (primarily for PC users), sea.hqx (for MacOS users), and tar.Z (for Unix users). Utilities for unzipping zip files can be found at http://www.shareware.com/. Select the appropriate operating system and search for unzip. For sea.hqx files, select Macintosh and search for stuffit-expander. For Unix users, the Unix uncompress and tar commands should be used for extracting files from tar.Z archives.
Copies of CLIPS executables, source code, and documentation obtained from the CLIPS download site can be freely used and redistributed without restrictions.
Expert Systems: Principles and Programming, 3rd Edition, by Giarratano and Riley (ISBN 0-534-95053-1 from Thomson Learning) comes with a CD-ROM containing CLIPS 6.05 executables, source code, and documentation. The first half of the book is theory oriented and the second half covers rule-based programming using CLIPS.
The CLIPS 6.0 UNIX, PC, and Macintosh distribution packages are available by anonymous ftp from the CMU AI repository at cs.cmu.edu and can be found in the /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/areas/expert/systems/clips directory. Other versions of CLIPS and CLIPS related files are also available at this ftp site.
CLIPS version 6.0 is available from The
Austin Code Works for $50. For more information, contact
The Austin Code Works
11100 Leafwood Lane
Austin, Texas 78750-3409
Phone: (512) 258-0785
Fax: (512) 258-1342
EMail: info@acw.com
CLIPS version 6.0 is available on an ISO-9660 format
CD-ROM from Prime Time Freeware. It
comes as part of an AI package based on the CMU
AI repository and consists of two CD-ROMs bound into a 224-page book.
Each CD-ROM contains approximately 600 megabytes of gzipped archives (more
than 5 gigabytes uncompressed and unpacked). It sells for $60 plus applicable
sales tax and shipping and handling charges. For more information, contact
Prime Time Freeware
370 Altair Way, Suite 150
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA
Phone: (408) 433-9662
Fax: (408)433-0727
Email: ptf@cfcl.com
CLIPS version 6.0 is available on the AI CD-ROM Revision 3, an ISO-9660
format CD-ROM from the Network Cybernetics Corporation. Over 3,000 AI related
files are included on the CD-ROM. The cost is $89 + $3 (domestic) / $8(foreign)
shipping. For more information, contact
Network Cybernetics Corporation
4201 Wingren Rd., Suite 202
Irving, TX 75062-2763
Phone: (214) 650-2002
Fax: (214) 650-1929
Email: info@ncc.com
CLIPS version 6.0 with some changes for Debian GNU/Linux is available
from http://packages.debian.org/clips.
