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From: ntm1169@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Mott Given)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Getting Started in Expert Systems
Summary: Re: Getting started in Expert Systems
Keywords: Expert Systems, Business, Lifecycle
Message-ID: <1709@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 15 Dec 89 17:35:46 GMT
References: <14097@grebyn.com>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <14097@grebyn.com>, schultz@grebyn.com (Ronald) writes:
>  
> We are beginning to contemplate developing expert systems for
> internal use within our business.  Our management has questioned
> us on a number of points, and I am respectfully requesting anyone
> provide me some assistance based on their own experiences on
> answering these questions.  
>  
    I would recommend a book by Ed Feigenbaum called something like "The
    Rise of the Expert Company."  It has good descriptions of projects that have
    worked and ones that have failed.

>       o     How many rules are reasonable to implement into an expert
>             system running on an IBM PC using software such as M1 or
>             Level 5 ?

   You can get around 2000-2500 rules using M1.  It depends on the size of
   the rules.  There are ways to get around these limitations by putting some
   knowledge into an external file, subdividing the knowledge base into 
   separate files, etc.

>       o     What techniques can be used to improve the possibility
>             of success for introducing expert systems into a company
>             ?
                Make sure you get the end users of the expert system application
		involved from the very beginning!   Your system is not going
		to meet their requirements otherwise, or they will not use it.


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