Objective Introduction and overview of expert systems, and how to build an expert system in a variety of application areas using course software. This course introduces students to expert systems in general and to rule-based systems in specific.
Students learn how to build a rule-based expert system in a variety of application areas.
They also learn advanced programming techniques which include topics of inexact reasoning, intelligent database management methods, and how to develop a community of expert systems which cooperate over a blackboard structure. The course prepares students for graduate research in the area of expert systems. Course Outline 1. Overview of expert systems 2. Review of knowledge representation 3.