Publisher's Synopsis
A practical reference explaining the technical aspects of expert systems and serving as a managerial guide to interfacing expert system technology in any organization. The authors show how to construct an expert system and how to tailor that system for specific business applications. Provided is a thorough examination of knowledge engineering, including a pertinent discussion of conventional processing versus symbolic processing. The approach is multidisciplinary, bringing together the most up- to-date information from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, psychology, engineering and management. Also included are chapters on hardware, software (including artificial intelligence programming languages), development tools or "shells" and prepackaged expert systems. How to choose which hardware and software will "best fit" your expert system is also explained.
