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The essence of expert systems / Keith Darlington.

By: Darlington, Keith.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Essence of computing series.Publisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall, 2000Description: xiv, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0130227749.Subject(s): Expert systems (Computer science)DDC classification: 006.33
Contents:
AI and expert systems: a brief history -- Basic concepts of expert systems -- Knowledge representation -- Knowledge engineering -- Inference -- Software for building expert systems -- Uncertainty -- Human-computer interaction issues for expert systems -- Introduction to design of expert systems using rule-based shells -- Techniques using VP-Expert -- The expert system development life-cycle -- Applications, the market and the future.

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This concise text combines an understanding of the theoretical principles and techniques with the development of practical skills needed to build expert systems. The most commonly used software tools for building expert systems-expert system shells-are used to give students practical experience.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

AI and expert systems: a brief history -- Basic concepts of expert systems -- Knowledge representation -- Knowledge engineering -- Inference -- Software for building expert systems -- Uncertainty -- Human-computer interaction issues for expert systems -- Introduction to design of expert systems using rule-based shells -- Techniques using VP-Expert -- The expert system development life-cycle -- Applications, the market and the future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 AI And Expert Systems: A Brief History
  • 2 Basic Concepts of Expert Systems
  • 3 Knowledge Representations
  • 4 Knowledge Engineering
  • 5 Inference
  • 6 Software for Building Expert Systems
  • 7 Uncertainty
  • 8 Human-Computer Interaction Issues for Expert Systems
  • 9 Introduction To Design of Expert Systems Using Rule-Based Shells
  • 10 Techniques Using VP-Expert
  • 11 The Expert System Development Life-Cycle
  • 12 Applications, The Market And The Future

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