An expert system development tool for non Al experts

作者：Ruiz Mezcua B; Garcia Crespo A; Lopez Cuadrado J L^*; Gonzalez Carrasco I

来源：Expert Systems with Applications, 2011, 38(1): 597-609.

DOI：10.1016/j.eswa.2010.07.009

• Knowledge representation
• Expert system tool
• Non Al experts
• Expert system framework
• Web-based expert systems

From their first applications until now, expert systems have provided solutions to multiple problems in companies of all types. With the advent of the Internet and its evolution, web-based expert systems have become very important. Moreover, the arrival of new mobile devices that can connect to the Internet has made it easy to access information from any place at any time, creating new requirements for web systems. The creation of an expert system normally requires certain technical knowledge and concepts of artificial intelligence (Al). If the need to make it accessible through the Internet is added, the degree of technical knowledge necessary for its development is greater, entailing an unaffordable cost for small and medium-sized companies. In this article, we present a tool for the development of web-based expert systems which permits the expert to define the knowledge without having to know anything about Al. The proposed inference engine is integrated in a web server through which it can be accessed from any device with an Internet connection. Finally, the article presents examples of developments achieved via the proposed framework.

• 出版日期2011-1