Re: deductive databases
From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:48:37 -0400
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Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:48:37 -0400
Message-Id: <tuuel2-uph.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net>
mountain man wrote:
> "Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:87t881l00onh3tibjbqvokll34kn2d67s9_at_4ax.com...
>
>> To say that recursion is not useful to solve part explosion problems
>> shows profound ignorance.
>
>
> 1) WTF is this critical inventory explosion problem?
A widget is made of components. Each component is made of other components, and so on and so on. The nesting level is not defined ahead of time and can go to arbitrary depths.
Building a flat list of a complete parts explosion for an item therefore is a hassle.
> 2) How many organisations are experiencing this problem?
>
All manufacturers in the world?
-- Kenneth Downs Secure Data Software, Inc. (Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)Received on Fri May 13 2005 - 17:48:37 CEST