Expert system

Definitions

An expert system (also known as a knowledge-based or rule-based system, is typically computer software that permit a user to have the benefit of expert knowledge in specified subject areas. Every expert system consists of two principal parts: the knowledge base and the inference engine.

An expert system is a

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[s]ystem[] providing results by application of rules to data that are stored independently of the "program" and capable of any of the following: (a) Modifying automatically the "source code" introduced by the user; (b) Providing knowledge linked to a class of problems in quasi-natural language; or (c) Acquiring the knowledge required for their development (symbolic training).

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See also

• Intelligent knowledge based systems
• Knowledge-based expert system