Architecture and Components of an Expert System
Inside the machine: six components, each with one job, and two of them are the heart of every expert system.
What this unit covers
Unit 6: Expert Systems
- 1 Introduction to Expert SystemsMYCIN matched specialist doctors in the 1970s yet never treated a patient, so what exactly is an expert system? · 4 min
- 2 Architecture and Components of an Expert SystemInside the machine: six components, each with one job, and two of them are the heart of every expert system. · 5 min
- 3 Forward Chaining (Data-Driven Reasoning)Start from what you know and let the rules fire one by one until a conclusion falls out. · 3 min
- 4 Backward Chaining (Goal-Driven Reasoning)Start from the answer you suspect, then hunt for the facts that prove it. · 5 min
- 5 Advantages, Limitations and Uncertainty in Expert SystemsWhy expert systems shone, why they faded, and how fuzzy logic copes with a world that isn't black and white. · 3 min