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Capturing expertise by rule induction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Brian P. Bloomfield
Brian P. Bloomfield
Affiliation:
Systems Group, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
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Abstract

This paper examines the claim that machine induction can alleviate the current knowledge engineering bottleneck in expert system construction. It presents a case study of the rule induction software tool known as Expert-Ease and proposes a set of criteria which might guide the selection of appropriate domains.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 55 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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