Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Expert System

An expert system is an artificial intelligence program that makes use of a knowledge base and an inference system. It is a highly specialized piece of software that attempts to duplicate the function of an expert in some field of expertise. The program acts as an intelligent consultant or advisor in a particular domain, capturing the knowledge of one or more experts. Non-experts can then tap the expert system to answer questions, solve problems, and make decisions in the domain.

The expert system is a way to capture and package knowledge. It's strength lies in its ability to be put to practical use when an expert is not available. Expert systems will make knowledge more widely available and will help overcome the problem of translating knowledge into practical, useful results.

Expert systems are a special type of knowledge-based systems because they contain heuristic knowledge. It is knowledge that comes directly from those people who have worked for years within the domain. It is knowledge derived from learning by doing. It is the most useful kind of knowledge, related especially to everyday problems, that works for us by producing solutions, decisions, and other positive outcomes.

Knowledge is power, but in a practical sense, it becomes power only when it is applied. Expert systems are a way to achieve results faster.

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