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Subject: Expert systems
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 14:15:00 EST
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There seems to be a trend nowadays to use the phrase "expert systems" to
mean rule-based systems, not to mean any systems that mimick expert
behavior.  While I'm not sure I like the terminology, I think that it's 
beneficial to have a seperate catagory for rule-based-systems work,
since that's often very different from other A.I. work (especially in
describing research work)  This opinion may, however, be biased by my
opinions of current work in AI and expert systems.  What do others think??


Bruce Krulwich				If you're right 95% of the time,
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