Introductory Readings in Expert Systems

The design and construction of expert systems is proceeding world-wide, in academic laboratories and under the aegis of corporations. Knowledge engineers cooperate with domain specialists to construct in computer memory a cost-effective representation of the domain specialist's professional knowledge and skill. To the extent the knowledge engineer succeeds, the resulting system is able to answer the clients' questions interactively, and many areas have already been explored. Knowledge engineering has ramifications that reach into all corners of intellectual, social, and economic life.