noun
inference engine
A core component of an expert system or AI that applies logical rules to a knowledge base to derive conclusions.
このエキスパートシステムの推論エンジンは、ルールベースで動作します。
The inference engine of this expert system operates on a rule-based approach.
An expert system is the entire AI application, while an inference engine is the reasoning component within it.
A knowledge base stores facts and rules; the inference engine uses them to make deductions.
Compound of 推論 (inference) and エンジン (engine), a direct calque of the English computing term 'inference engine'.