Expert Systems: New Approaches to Computer-Aided Engineering
Document Type
Article
Department
Engineering (HMC)
Publication Date
1985
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the burgeoning new field of expert (knowledge-based) systems. This survey, is tutorial in nature, intended to convey thegestalt of such systems to engineers who are newly exposed to the field. The discussion includes definitions, basic concepts, expert system architecture, descriptions of some of the programming tools and environments with which knowledge-based systems can be built, and approaches to knowledge acquisition. Some currently extant expert systems are describeden passant, including a few developed for engineering purposes. Comments follow on the engineering of knowledge, as both cultural and social processes. The paper closes with an assessment of the roles that expert systems can play in engineering analysis, design, planning, and education.
Rights Information
© 1985 Springer
DOI
10.1007/BF01200335
Recommended Citation
C. L. Dym, “Expert Systems: New Approaches to Computer-Aided Engineering,” Engineering with Computers, 1 (1), 9-25, April 1985. See also Proceedings of the 25th AIAA-ASME-ASCE-AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, pp. 99-115, May 1984. DOI: 10.1007/BF01200335
