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Issues in the design and implementation of expert systems1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Clive L. Dym
Clive L. Dym
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This article discusses the issues that arise in the design and implementation of expert systems. These issues include: task selection; the stages of development of expert system projects; knowledge acquisition; languages and tools; development and run-time environments; and organizational and institutional issues. The article closes with some speculation about the future development of expert systems.

Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 37 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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