A computer application that performs a task that would otherwise be performed by a human expert. For example, there are expert systems that can diagnose human illnesses, make financial forecasts, and schedule routes for delivery vehicles. Some expert systems are designed to take the place of human experts, while others are designed to aid them.
Expert systems are part of a general category of computer applications known as artificial intelligence. To design an expert system, one needs a knowledge engineer, an individual who studies how human experts make decisions and translates the rules into terms that a computer can understand.
Expert systems tutorial This tutorial provides sections on designing and expert system, rules and expert systems, an expert system shell in Prolog, and a quick case study.
JESS - the Java expert system shell This is a download, informational and demo page for Jess - a clone of the core of the CLIPS expert system shell and written in Java.
