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Subject:Expert Systems and AI From:Joyce Flaherty <flahertj -at- SMTPGW -dot- LIEBERT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 1 May 1995 16:45:19 EST
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Ref: Debbie Molinaro, expert systems, request for info
Ref: Geoff Hart, expert systems, definition
============== request for info
Debbie Molinaro is looking for individuals to share expert system
info and ideas. I am looking as well. The AI forum, while
interesting, doesn't meet my needs.
If you are a programmer/engineer/writer turned knowledge base
developer, and you are interested in forming a new group or joining
our group of two, let me know.
joyce flaherty
flahertj -at- smtpgw -dot- liebert -dot- com
============== more definition
Expert Systems are a subset of Knowledge-Based Systems, which
are a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Expert systems include rule-based paradigms. An example of a
rule-based paradigm is the conventional fault isolation that our
military likes so much. This is the classic IF-THEN-ELSE logic that
goes quite nicely into a knowledge base. Expert systems normally
include an inference engine that manipulates facts and is not part of
the program.
Kowledge-based systems are expert systems (rule-based) that also apply
conventional analytical tools to deal with complexities. Examples
include pattern recognition and case-based reasoning.
===Val, correct me if I am wrong.
Expert systems and knowledge-based systems are data driven. They can
run alone or interactively.
AI includes much more than knowledge-based and expert systems.
Examples include a computer that writes its own code, and a robot
equipped with visual sensors that control its mechanical parts.
joyce flaherty
flahertj -at- smtpgw -dot- liebert -dot- com
