Expert systems : artificial intelligence in business

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Expert systems : artificial intelligence in business

Paul Harmon and David King

J. Wiley, c1985

  • : pbk.

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Includes index

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: pbk. ISBN 9780471808244

Description

This book introduces readers to the basic principles and the exciting promise of a new generation of computer programs known as knowledge or expert systems, and their associated technologies. It explains what they do, how they work, and how they will be used to increase efficiency and productivity. Knowledge systems are computer programs that can help solve problems that would normally require the judgment of human experts. Many studies have concluded that in the course of the next 20 years, knowledge systems will revolutionize the way businesses are conducted, and this book provides a preview of how that revolution will occur.

Table of Contents

  • Case Study: MYCIN: Varieties of Problem Solving Strategies
  • The Anatomy of a Knowledge Base
  • Anatomy of An Inference Engine
  • MYCIN Reconsidered
  • Languages and Tools for Knowledge Systems
  • A Sampler of Knowledge Systems and Their Architectures
  • How Knowledge Systems are Developed
  • Near Futures: Knowledge Engineering in the Next Five Years
  • Large Scale Knowledge Systems
  • Near Futures: Intelligent Job Aids
  • Not So Near Futures: Research Topics Likely to Bear Fruit in 5 Years or More
  • Not So Near Futures: Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Not So Near Futures: Planning and Preparing for the Knowledge Systems Revolution
  • Appendixes
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ISBN 9780471815549

Description

This book introduces readers to the basic principles of a new generation of computer programs known as knowledge or expert systems, and their associated technologies. It explains what they do, how they work, and how they will be used to increase efficiency and productivity. Knowledge systems are computer programs that can help solve problems that would normally require the judgment of human experts. Many studies have concluded that in the course of the next 20 years, knowledge systems will revolutionize the way businesses are conducted, and this book provides a preview of how that revolution will occur.

Table of Contents

  • Case Study: MYCIN: Varieties of Problem Solving Strategies
  • The Anatomy of a Knowledge Base
  • Anatomy of An Inference Engine
  • MYCIN Reconsidered
  • Languages and Tools for Knowledge Systems
  • A Sampler of Knowledge Systems and Their Architectures
  • How Knowledge Systems are Developed
  • Near Futures: Knowledge Engineering in the Next Five Years
  • Large Scale Knowledge Systems
  • Near Futures: Intelligent Job Aids
  • Not So Near Futures: Research Topics Likely to Bear Fruit in 5 Years or More
  • Not So Near Futures: Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Not So Near Futures: Planning and Preparing for the Knowledge Systems Revolution
  • Appendixes

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