“Feed Assist”- An Expert System on Balanced Feeding for Dairy Animals

Building an expert system to assist system refactorization

The separation of concerns is an important issue in the building of maintenable systems. Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is a software paradigm that allows the encapsulation of those concerns that crosscut a system and can not be modularized using current paradigms such as object-oriented programming. In this way, AOP increases the software modularization and reduces the impact when changes a...

LAIT-XPERT VACHES: an expert system for dairy herd management.

An expert system called LAIT-XPERT VACHES, developed to evaluate technical management of dairy enterprises, was tested using case data. The expertise of the system was provided from information obtained from interviews of three dairy management or nutrition experts. LAIT-XPERT VACHES contains over 950 rules and runs on IBM-compatible personal computers. It calculates objectives in milk producti...

Designing an expert system for diagnosis of TB

Developing an Expert System for Diabetics Treatment Advices

Today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. A comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. This paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

The VLS Tech-Assist Expert System

The vertical launch system (VLS) is the U.S. Navy’s premier missile launch system for surface ships. The VLS is modular, and its configuration is tailored to the individual ship. Depending on ship type or class, ship configurations have one or two launching systems. A ship can carry between 61 and 121 missiles. At the end of fiscal year 1993, about 73 systems were deployed on 46 ships; these nu...