This paper introduces the fundamentals and the basic characteristics of an expert system. The hierarchical process of developing expert system is presented in this paper as well as a characteristic of an expert system is also presented in this paper. In this paper we have just summarized the work done in the field of Intelligent Agent and tried to sum up through this introductory paper in the f...

This paper presents a case study based on a real world situation to illustrate the use of Earth Observation data and describe the issues that could be addressed using intelligent manufacturing technologies. Components of solutions based on an expert system approach are proposed, and their strengths and limitations are discussed.

The principal objective of this research is to study the feasibility of a real-time, rule-based guidance system for an automobile on a limited-access highway. The inputs to the system are parameters describing the traffic situation, road geometry, vehicle state, and a driver selected goal. The output of the system consists of guidance parameters that command control logic governing the throttle...

Both representing cases as fixed scripts as well as the development of initial expert systems as a basis for computer based tutoring systems is particularly difficult and time intensive in a multi-institutional development project. On the other hand, structured systematic knowledge and a common terminology is necessary for automatic generation of information and quiz pages as well as automatic ...

This paper presents a functional description of PLANiTS (Planning and Analysis Integration for Intelligent Transportation Systems). Based on our experience with a simple prototype, we describe the functions that are included in PLANiTS. Specifically, transportation improvement projects are represented as planning vectors. The vector allows users to examine the impacts of transportation actions ...

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the value creation processes associated with expert systems. The paper employs a number of different applications of economics to explore the issues. Cost-benefit analysis, based in microeconomics and the economics of defense and government, is used to provide a basic measure of value. Contributions of value for expert systems are explored: econom...

We had previously developed and implemented a pharmacy expert system (DoseRanger) that examines drug orders for appropriate single dosage using a commercial rule base and patient specific information. A set of rule adjustments were described and evaluated in order to reduce clinically insignificant alerts. A similar analysis has been performed for daily dose rules provided by the commercial rul...

xxii) CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 The emergence of knowledge engineering 1 1.2 Knowledge based systems and expert systems 3 1.3 The relevance of knowledge engineering for the construction industry 1.4 The motivation for the work 6 1.5 Aims of the research 9 1.6 Outline of the thesis 11 CHAPTER 2: THE PLANNING TASK 2.

Introduction One of the leading causes of cancer death among women is breast cancer. In our work we aim at proposing a prototype of a medical expert system (based on data mining techniques) that could significantly aid medical experts to detect breast cancer. Normal breast images and breast image with masses (total 200 images) used as input images in this study are taken from the Clinical Cente...

The ever-changing economic environment is forcing banks to re-evaluate the way loan decisions are made. Several agricultural loan evaluation systems are operational, however, they are not ‘true’ expert systems. While they have all focused on analysing the borrower’s financial position given the current market and economic conditions, most have not taken into account qualitative factors such as ...