Summary
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This book introduces the process of expert systems development as a model for acquiring, representing and validating knowledge about relatively limited domains. Many examples derive from the authors' own development experiences in the social sciences, both with normative and with descriptive modeling systems. It will be an informative introduction to expert systems for anyone working within the social sciences.
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Introduction: What Are Expert Systems?
Expert systems are computer programs that perform sophisticated tasks once thought possible only for human experts. If performance were the sole criterion for labeling a program an expert system, however, many decision support systems, statistical analyses, and spreadsheet programs could be ...