Developing Expert Systems: A Knowledge Engineer's Handbook for Rules and Objects

This logical and integrated approach to implementation of expert systems shows how an expert system is conceived and built using commercially available ES Shells. Taking a single coherent example, it follows the implementation team from initial evaluation of a problem through knowledge engineering steps and implementation tricks to the completion of a deliverable system. The book follows the team as they grapple with management problems, design issues, and delivery/validation. Theoretical material is introduced in the order of design problems faced by the team, providing a clear framework for all topics discussed. As the project progresses, increasingly sophisticated techniques are introduced and illustrated in detail.