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From: nhaus@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Need sources on Expert Systems
Message-ID: <1990Sep17.213927.33273@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 90 02:39:27 GMT
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  I am presently a senior at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. I am starting
work on a thesis on expert systems, which is a challenge because our comp sci
department includes NO-ONE experienced in the field, and there are no courses
offered on the subject. So, I'm looking for sources and help in two areas:

1) Basic and standard references of ES- eg, texts which are used as standards
in the field and give a good, up-to-date delimitation of what is expected from
ES, as well as standard examples of ES systems. 

  I need these because, basically, I have to teach myself as much as possible
about ES before the end of October.

2) The most recent developments in ES- sp. articles and people which are at the
forefront NOW. Our library subscribes to _Artificial Intelligence_, but beyond
that sources are scarce; but, if I have the names of journals and articles, I
can get them from Yale.


  The general thrust of this thesis is deriving a theoretical framework for an
ES which will INTERACTIVELY generate a knowledge and rule representation. Any
specifics along these lines will also be greatly appreciated.


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