Expert Systems for Software Engineers and Managers
Expert Systems for Software Engineers and Managers

Author: S. David Hu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-08

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1461310652

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This book is written for software engineers, software project leaders, and software managers who would like to introduce a new advanced software technology, expert systems, into their product. Expert system technology brings into programming a new dimension in which "rule of thumb" or heuristic expert knowledge is encoded in the program. In contrast to conventional procedural languages {e. g. , Fortran or C}, expert systems employ high-level programming languages {Le. , expert system shells} that enable us to capture the judgmental knowledge of experts such as geologists, doctors, lawyers, bankers, or insurance underwriters. Past expert systems have been more successfully applied in the problem areas of analysis and synthesis where the boundary of lo;nowledge is well defined and where experts are available and can be identified. Early successful applications include diagnosis systems such as MYCIN, geological systems such as PROSPECTOR, or design/configu ration systems such as XC ON. These early expert systems were mainly applicable to scientific and engineering problems, which are not theoreti cally well understood in terms of decisionmaking processes by their experts and which therefore require judgmental assessment. The more recent expert systems are being applied to sophisticated synthesis problems that involve a large number of choices, such as how the elements are to be compared. These problems normally entailed a large search space and slower speed for the expert systems designed. Examples of these systems include factory scheduling applications such as ISIS, or legal reasoning applications such as TAXMAN.

Putting Expert Systems Into Practice
Putting Expert Systems Into Practice

Author: Robert G. Bowerman

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780442208424

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This book discusses strategies and tactics for creating robust production applications. It addresses those general principles for success that will not become outdated as new products are released and application areas expand. Strategies and guidelines are emphasized rather than extensive documentation of existing implementations. The discussion includes a broad analysis of leading and emergent shell tools, tool sets, environments, and symbolic programming languages within the context of examining generic expert system development tool features.

Expert Systems
Expert Systems

Author: Nikolopoulos

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1997-01-10

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1000064972

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Offering an introduction to the field of expert/knowledge based systems, this text covers current and emerging trends as well as future research areas. It considers both the system shell and programming environment approaches to expert system development.

Expert Systems and Related Topics
Expert Systems and Related Topics

Author: Marlene A. Palmer

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781878289032

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This comprehensive reference to all areas of expert systems and applications, plus advanced related topics, lets you spend your time reading expert systems literature rather than searching for it. It gives you a source of historical perspectives and outlooks on the future of the field. Whether you are a manager, a developer or an end user or researcher, Expert Systems and Related Topics: Selected Bibliography & Guide to Information Sources puts all the sources of expert systems literature at your fingertips.

Expert Systems for Engineering Design
Expert Systems for Engineering Design

Author: Michael Rychener

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0323156215

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Expert Systems for Engineering Design presents the application of expert system methods to a variety of engineering design problems. This book provides the technical details on how the methods are used to solve specific design problems in chemical engineering, civil engineering, and several others. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the synthesis, the creation, and development of alternative designs. This text then examines the nature of design expertise and the types of computer tools that can enhance the expert's decision-making. Other chapters consider the integration of tools into intelligent, cooperative frameworks. This book discusses as well the use of graphic interfaces with built-in knowledge about the designs being configured. The final chapter deals with the development of software tools for automatic design synthesis and evaluation within the integrated framework of a computer-aided mechanical design system known as CASE, which stands for computer-aided simultaneous engineering. This book is a valuable resource for engineers and architects.

Expert Systems in Production Engineering
Expert Systems in Production Engineering

Author: Georg Menges

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3642831265

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The present volume contains edited versions of the communications presented at an International Workshop on "Expert Systems in Production Engineering", held in Spa, Belgium, in 1986. Introductory papers on Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems are complemented by case studies of Expert Systems in practice, primarily, in the area of Mechanical Engineering and discussions of the possibilities and the limitations of Expert Systems.

Systematic Introduction to Expert Systems
Systematic Introduction to Expert Systems

Author: Frank Puppe

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 3642779719

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At present one of the main obstacles to a broader application of expert systems is the lack of a theory to tell us which problem-solving methods areavailable for a given problem class. Such a theory could lead to significant progress in the following central aims of the expert system technique: - Evaluating the technical feasibility of expert system projects: This depends on whether there is a suitable problem-solving method, and if possible a corresponding tool, for the given problem class. - Simplifying knowledge acquisition and maintenance: The problem-solving methods provide direct assistance as interpretation models in knowledge acquisition. Also, they make possible the development of problem-specific expert system tools with graphical knowledge acquisition components, which can be used even by experts without programming experience. - Making use of expert systems as a knowledge medium: The structured knowledge in expert systems can be used not only for problem solving but also for knowledge communication and tutorial purposes. With such a theory in mind, this book provides a systematic introduction to expert systems. It describes the basic knowledge representations and the present situation with regard tothe identification, realization, and integration of problem-solving methods for the main problem classes of expert systems: classification (diagnostics), construction, and simulation.