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A review of explanation methods for heuristic expert systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2005

CARMEN LACAVE
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de la Universidad, 4, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]
FRANCISCO J. DIEZ
Affiliation:
Department of Artificial Intelligence, UNED, Avda. Juan del Rosal, 16, 28040 Madrid, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Explanation of reasoning is one of the most important abilities an expert system should provide in order to be widely accepted. In fact, since MYCIN, many expert systems have tried to include some explanation capability. This paper reviews the methods developed to date for explanation in heuristic expert systems.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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