James C. Owen of
KSBC has kindly provided PDF'ized versions of Dr Charles Forgy's thesis, where he defines the RETE algorithm (
Charles Forgy is the inventor of the RETE algorithm, which is kind of important to rule engines ;).
For those who are interest in this, you can find them
here. They are broken down by chapter as they are pretty large. There is a whole lotta history here (which I thoroughly enjoy). The 70's and 80's were a golden age for software (and music !).

Dr. Forgy's 1979 PhD thesis in chapter by chapter PDF
Actually, there are many other White Papers there as well, including a rather lengthy thesis by Doorenbos on the Rete algorithm. Go to http://www.kbsc.com/whitePapers.html for the complete listing.
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Yaakov
the links for forgy's thesis are broken
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