expert systems
Rule-based AI programs
Expert systems are computer programs designed to mimic the decision-making of human specialists in a specific field.
They use databases of knowledge and rules to solve problems, diagnose conditions, or recommend actions—tasks that would otherwise require professional expertise.
The term emerged in artificial intelligence research during the 1970s and 80s: The hospital uses an expert system to help diagnose rare diseases.
Most have been superseded by machine learning approaches.
Following set guidelines
- LISPList-processing programming language
- conflict-resolutionSettling disputes constructively
- agendaFormal discussion list
Identification of illness
- configurationArrangement of parts
- planningArranging for future events
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
prediction · interpretation · troubleshooting · classification · design · help-desk · recommender
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- heuristicsPractical problem-solving shortcuts
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- chainingConnecting in sequence
Organizing rules into system
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- verificationProving something accurate
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
rule-based
Following set guidelines
- LISPList-processing programming language
- conflict-resolutionSettling disputes constructively
- agendaFormal discussion list
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- configurationArrangement of parts
- planningArranging for future events
- schedulingAssigning times to events
monitoring · prediction · interpretation · troubleshooting · classification · design · help-desk · recommender
inference
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- heuristicsPractical problem-solving shortcuts
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- declineDecrease or refuse
- brittlenessProne to snapping
codification
Organizing rules into system
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- verificationProving something accurate
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
expert systemsmachine learning
Algorithms that improve from data
neural networks · deep learning · large language models · reinforcement learning · fuzzy logic
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