Author : Sangeeta Rani

Expert System are the knowledge intensive programs that solve problems in a domain that requires considerable amount of technical expertise. It is one of the largest area of applications of artificial intelligence is in expert systems, or knowledge based systems as they are often known. This type of system seeks to exploit the specialized skills or information held by of a group of people on specific areas. It can be thought of as a computerized consulting service. It can also be called an information guidance system. Such systems are used for prospecting medical diagnosis or as educational aids. They are also used in engineering and manufacture in the control of robots where they inter-relate with vision systems. The initial attempts to apply artificial intelligence to generalized problems made limited progress as we have seen but it was soon realized that more significant progress could be made if the field of interest was restricted
Keywords: Knowledge Base, Inference Engine, User Interface, Shell, Domain Expert, Acquisition, Explanation Facility , External Interface , Planning, Diagnosis

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.4, No.5 (Oct-2014)