Systematic Introduction to Expert Systems

This book provides a systematic introduction to expert systems. It describes the basic knowledge representations and the present situation with regard to the identification, realization, and integration of problem-solving methods for the main problem classes of expert systems.

Inhalt
I Introduction.- 1 Characterization and History of Expert Systems.- 2 Programming Languages and Expert System Tools.- 3 Use and Usability of Expert Systems.- II Basic Techniques of Knowledge Representation.- 4 Logic.- 5 Rules.- 6 Objects/Frames.- 7 Constraints.- 8 Probabilistic Reasoning.- 9 Non-Monotonic Reasoning.- 10 Temporal Reasoning.- III Problem Classes and Problem-Solving Methods.- 11 Previous Approaches to Problem Classification.- 12 Principles of Problem-Solving Methods.- Classification.- 13 Survey of the Problem-Solving Type Classification.- 14 Simple Classification.- 15 Heuristic Classification.- 16 Heuristic Classification: Additional Mechanisms.- 17 Set-Covering Classification.- 18 Functional Classification.- 19 Statistical Classification.- 20 Case-Comparing Classification.- V Construction.- 21 Review of the Problem-Solving Type Construction.- 22 Skeletal Construction.- 23 Propose and Revise.- 24 Propose and Exchange.- 25 Least-Commitment Strategy.- 26 Model-Based Planning.- 27 Case-Comparing Construction.- 28 Partial Integration of Construction Methods.- VI Simulation.- 29 Review of the Problem-Solving Type Simulation.- 30 Single-Phase Simulation.- 31 Numerical Multiple-Phase Simulation.- 32 Qualitative Multiple-Phase Simulation.- VII Integration of Problem-Solving Methods.- 33 Basic Ideas for the Integration of Problem-Solving Methods.- 34 Integration of Classification Methods.- 35 Aspects of the Overall Integration.- Appendix: Survey of Knowledge Representation Formalisms.- References.- System Index.