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EXPERT SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Robert S. Engelmore
Edward Feigenbaum
Adapted
Expert Systems are computer programs that are derived from a branch of computer science research
called Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI's scientific goal is to understand intelligence by building computer
programs that exhibit intelligent behavior. It is concerned with the concepts and methods of symbolic
inference, or reasoning, by a computer, and how the knowledge used to make those inferences will be
represented inside the machine.
Of course, the term intelligence covers many cognitive skills, including the ability to solve problems,
learn, and understand language; AI addresses all of those. But most progress to date in AI has been
made in the area of problem solving -- concepts and methods for building programs that reason about
problems rather than calculate a solution.
AI programs that achieve expert-level competence in solving problems in task areas by bringing to
bear a body of knowledge about specific tasks are called knowledge-based or expert systems. Often,
the term expert systems is reserved for programs whose knowledge base contains the knowledge
used by human experts, in contrast to knowledge gathered from textbooks or non-experts. More often
than not, the two terms, expert systems (ES) and knowledge-based systems (KBS) are used
synonymously. Taken together, they represent the most widespread type of AI application. The area of
human intellectual endeavor to be captured in an expert system is called the task domain. Task refers
to some goal-oriented, problem-solving . Domain refers to the area within which the task is being
performed. Typical tasks are diagnosis, planning, scheduling, configuration and design.
Building an expert system is known as knowledge engineering and its practitioners are called
knowledge engineers. A knowledge engineer must make sure that the computer has all the knowledge
needed to solve a problem. A knowledge engineer must choose one or more forms in which to
represent the required knowledge as symbol patterns in the memory of the computer -- that is, he (or
she) must choose a knowledge representation. He must also ensure that the computer can use the
knowledge efficiently by selecting from a handful of reasoning methods. The practice of knowledge
engineering is described later. First, we describe the components of expert systems.
The Building Blocks of Expert Systems
Every expert system consists of two principal parts: the knowledge base; and the reasoning, or
inference, engine.
The knowledge base of expert systems contains both factual and heuristic knowledge. Factual
knowledge is such knowledge of the task domain that is widely shared, typically found in textbooks or
journals, and commonly agreed upon by those knowledgeable in the particular field.
Heuristic knowledge is the less rigorous, more experiential, more judgmental knowledge of
performance. In contrast to factual knowledge, heuristic knowledge is rarely discussed, and is largely
individualistic. It is the knowledge of good practice, good judgment, and plausible reasoning in the
field. It is the knowledge that underlies the "art of good guessing."
Knowledge representation formalizes and organizes the knowledge. One widely used representation
is the production rule, or simply rule. A rule consists of an IF part and a THEN part (also called a
condition and an action). The IF part lists a set of conditions in some logical combination. The piece of
knowledge represented by the production rule is relevant to the line of reasoning being developed if
the IF part of the rule is satisfied; consequently, the THEN part can be concluded, or its problemsolving action taken. Expert systems whose knowledge is represented in rule form are called rulebased systems.
Another widely used representation, called Artificial Intelligence (also known as frame, schema, or list
structure) is based upon a more passive view of knowledge. The unit is an assemblage of associated
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symbolic knowledge about an entity to be represented. Typically, a unit consists of a list of properties
of the entity and associated values for those properties.
Since every task domain consists of many entities that stand in various relations, the properties can
also be used to specify relations, and the values of these properties are the names of other units that
are linked according to the relations. One unit can also represent knowledge that is a "special case" of
another unit, or some units can be "parts” of another unit.
The problem-solving model, or Artificial Intelligence, organizes and controls the steps taken to solve
the problem. One common but powerful paradigm involves chaining of the IF-THEN rules to form a
line of reasoning. If the chaining starts from a set of conditions and moves toward some conclusion,
the method is called forward chaining. If the conclusion is known (for example, a goal to be achieved)
but the path to that conclusion is not known, then reasoning backwards is called for, and the method is
backward chaining. These problem-solving methods are built into program modules called inference
engines or inference procedures that manipulate and use knowledge in the knowledge base to form a
line of reasoning.
The knowledge base an expert uses is what he learned at school, from colleagues, and from years of
experience. Presumably the more experience he has, the larger his store of knowledge. Knowledge
allows him to interpret the information in his databases to advantage in diagnosis, design, and
analysis.
Though an expert system consists primarily of a knowledge base and an inference engine, a couple of
other features are worth mentioning: reasoning with uncertainty, and explanation of the line of
reasoning.
Knowledge is almost always incomplete and uncertain. To deal with uncertain knowledge, a rule may
associate with it a confidence factor or a weight. The set of methods for using uncertain knowledge in
combination with uncertain data in the reasoning process is called reasoning with uncertainty. An
important subclass of methods for reasoning with uncertainty is called "fuzzy logic," and the systems
that use them are known as "fuzzy systems."
Because an expert system uses uncertain or heuristic knowledge (as we humans do) its credibility is
often in question (as is the case with humans). When an answer to a problem is questionable, we tend
to want to know the rationale. If the rationale seems plausible, we tend to believe the answer. So it is
with expert systems. Most expert systems have the ability to answer questions of the form: "Why is the
answer X?" Explanations can be generated by tracing the line of reasoning used by the inference
engine (Feigenbaum, McCorduck et al. 1988).
The most important ingredient in any expert system is knowledge. The power of expert systems
resides in the specific, high-quality knowledge. They contain task domains. AI researchers will
continue to explore and add to the current repertoire of knowledge representation and reasoning
methods. But in knowledge resides the power. Because of the importance of knowledge in expert
systems and because the current knowledge acquisition method is slow and tedious, much of the
future of expert systems depends on breaking the knowledge acquisition bottleneck and in codifying
and representing a large knowledge infrastructure.
Bricks and Mortar
The fundamental working hypothesis of AI is that intelligent behavior can be precisely described as
symbol manipulation and can be modeled with the symbol processing capabilities of the computer.
In the late 1950s, special programming languages were invented that facilitate symbol manipulation.
The most prominent is called LISP (LISt Processing). Because of its simple elegance and flexibility,
most AI research programs are written in LISP, but commercial applications have moved away from
LISP.
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In the early 1970s another AI programming language was invented in France. It is called PROLOG
(PROgramming in LOGic). LISP has its roots in one area of mathematics (lambda calculus), PROLOG
in another (first-order predicate calculus).
PROLOG consists of English-like statements which are facts (assertions), rules (of inference), and
questions. Here is an inference rule: "If object-x is part of object-y then a component of object-y is
object-x."
Programs written in PROLOG have behavior similar to rule-based systems written in LISP. PROLOG,
however, did not immediately become a language of choice for AI programmers. In the early 1980s it
was given impetus with the announcement by the Japanese that they would use a logic programming
language for the Fifth Generation Computing Systems (FGCS) Project. A variety of logic-based
programming languages have since arisen, and the term prolog has become generic.
Published: May 1993; WTEC Hyper-Librarian
A. Vocabulary.
1. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using one of the key words.
confidence;
fuzzy (2);
cognitive (2); heuristic; assertion
1. The term ________ cognitive __________ in "_____ cognitive _____________ science" is
"used for any kind of mental operation or structure that can be studied in precise terms"
(Lakoff and Johnson, 1999).
2. The word _______ heuristic ___________ comes from the Greek, which means "I find". It is
found in Archimedes' famous exclamation "eureka”!.
3. ______ fuzzy ____________ logic is derived from _____ confidence _____________ set
theory dealing with reasoning that is approximate rather than precisely deduced from classical
predicate logic.
4. ________ fuzzy __________ is used to help specify programs and to reason about program
correctness.
5. ______ assertion ____________ as a psychological quality is related to, but distinct from,
self esteem; i.e. if a person or thing is capable of something.
2. Complete the parts of information taken from the text with the given terms.
bottleneck
plausible
acquisition
cognitive
tedious
heuristic
practitioners
questionable
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
assemblage
inference
confidence
assertions
ingredient
reasoning
associated
mortar
methods of symbolic _____ inference _____________
______ cognitive ____________ skills
probabilistic _______ reasoning ___________ in expert systems
____ practitioners ________ building an expert system are called knowledge engineers
factual and _____ heuristic _____________ knowledge
an ______ assemblage ____________ of ______ associated ____________ symbolic
knowledge
____ confidence ______________ factor or a weight
problem is _____ questionable _____________
rationale seems ____ plausible ______________
important ______ ingredient ____________ in any expert system
current knowledge ______ acquisition ____________ method is slow and ______
tedious ____________
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12. breaking the knowledge acquisition _____ bottleneck _____________
13. bricks and ______ mortar ____________
14. facts ( ________ assertions __________ ), rules (of inference), and questions
3. Match these key words from the text with their definitions.
Inference
the act or process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what one already
knows
Assemblage
act of using reason to derive a conclusion from certain premises using a given
methodology (inductive or deductive)
Predicate logic
an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made
from putting together found objects
Ingredient
something that forms part of a mixture
Reasoning
a fundamental concept in first-order logic
4. Match the words whose meaning is collocated very often, as used in the text!
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2
3
4
5
6
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10
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12
goal-oriented
forward
knowledge-based
artificial
expert-level
problem
first-order
inference
high-quality
fuzzy
rule-based
English-like
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
intelligence
solving
competence
systems
tasks
chaining
procedures
logic
knowledge
predicate
statements
systems
1E
2F
3D
4A
5C
6B
7J
8G
9I
10 H
11 L
12 K
Why are some attributes hyphenated?
B. Text comprehension.
Answer the questions.
1. What is the main goal of Artificial intelligence?
to understand intelligence by building computer programs that exhibit intelligent behavior
2. How can you explain a problem solving area?
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3. How are the programs whose knowledge base contains the knowledge used by human
experts, in contrast to knowledge gathered from textbooks or non-experts called?
expert systems
4. What does the task domain refer to?
that is widely shared, typically found in textbooks or journals, and commonly agreed upon by
those knowledgeable in the particular field
5. What are the main tasks of knowledge engineers to build the expert system?
Typical tasks are diagnosis, planning, scheduling, configuration and design.
6. Explain in detail what knowledge base is.
The knowledge base of expert systems contains both factual and heuristic knowledge. Factual
knowledge is such knowledge of the task domain that is widely shared, typically found in
textbooks or journals, and commonly agreed upon by those knowledgeable in the particular
field.
7. What is the main function of knowledge representation?
Knowledge representation formalizes and organizes the knowledge
8. What can the properties be also used for?
to specify relations
9. What is the difference between forward chaining and backward chaining?
. If the chaining starts from a set of conditions and moves toward some conclusion, the
method is called forward chaining. If the conclusion is known (for example, a goal to be
achieved) but the path to that conclusion is not known, then reasoning backwards is called for,
and the method is backward chaining.
10. How are these problem-solving methods used and what for?
These problem-solving methods are built into program modules called inference engines or
inference procedures that manipulate and use knowledge in the knowledge base to form a line
of reasoning.
11. How is uncertainty solved in expert systems?
An important subclass of methods for reasoning with uncertainty is called "fuzzy logic," and
the systems that use them are known as "fuzzy systems."
12. What is the fundamental working hypothesis of AI?
The fundamental working hypothesis of AI is that intelligent behavior can be precisely
described as symbol manipulation and can be modeled with the symbol processing
capabilities of the computer.
C. Grammar.
1. Complete the sentences with the following prepositional phrases. Follow the context.
in question
based upon
deal with
resides in
derived from
moved away from
consists of
in contrast to
because of
according to
in combination with
depends on
1. Some computer programs are ______ derived from ____________ Artificial Intelligence.
2. There are programs whose knowledge base contains the knowledge used by human experts,
______ in contrast to ____________ knowledge gathered from textbooks or non-experts.
3. A rule ____ consists of ______________ an IF part and a THEN part.
4. Frame is _____based upon _____________ a more passive view of knowledge.
The values of these properties are the names of other units that are linked ______ according
to____________ the relations.
5. To ______ deal with____________ uncertain knowledge, a rule may have associated with it
a weight.
6. The set of methods for using uncertain knowledge _______ in combination with
___________ uncertain data in the reasoning process is called reasoning with uncertainty.
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7. Since an expert system uses uncertain knowledge, its credibility is often _____ in question
___________ .
8. The power of expert systems ____ resides in ______________ the specific, high-quality
knowledge.
9. _______ because of ___________ the importance of knowledge much of the future of expert
systems ________ depends on __________ breaking the knowledge acquisition bottleneck
and in codifying and representing a large knowledge infrastructure.
10. Commercial applications have __________ moved away from ________ LISP.
2. Make definitions based mainly on the text.
a) In scientific texts DEFINITIONS are used very often. Supporting grammar usually prefers
using relative clauses (both in their full forms or shortened).
b) The similar meaning of terms can also be expressed with verbs such as
to refer to (as), to be known as, to represent.
Make definitions of the selected terms using a) full relative clauses in A.
and b) one of the mentioned verbs in B.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
expert systems
Expert Systems are computer programs that are derived from a branch of computer
science research called Artificial Intelligence (AI).
artificial intelligence
AI is the science whose goal is to understand intelligence by building computer
programs that exhibit intelligent behavior.
heuristic knowledge
Heuristic knowledge is the less rigorous, more experiential, more judgmental
knowledge of performance
unit
The unit is an assemblage of associated symbolic knowledge about an entity to be
represented.
fuzzy logic
f.l. belongs to the method of reasoning based on probability
English-like statements
3. Use the idiom below in your own sentence to show your understanding.
to be often in question
4. Compare LISP and PROLOG.
Main characteristics, advantages x disadvantages
LISP - simple elegance and flexibility
PROLOG - English-like statements, facts (assertions), rules (of inference),
D. Homework.
Grammar.
1. First check your knowledge of the words and terms in the dictionary.
expert level
competence
odborná úroveň
způsobilost
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oblast úlohy
acquisition
získání
body of knowledge tělo znalostí
reasoning with/under uncertainty
bring to bear
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rozhodování s nejistotou
2. Translate the following sentences into Czech. Pay special attention to the appropriate
translation of the –ing forms.
1. AI's scientific goal is to understand intelligence by building computer programs.
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Vědecký cíl umělé intelligence je porozumět inteligenci vytvořením počítačových program.
2. Most progress has been made in the area of problem solving – concepts and methods for
building programs that reason about problems rather than calculate a solution.
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Nejvíce pokroku se udělalo v oblasti řešení problem – koncepty a metody pro vytváření
program, kteřé raději uvažují o problémech než počítají řešení.
3. AI programs that achieve expert-level competence in solving problems in task areas by
bringing to bear a body of knowledge about specific tasks are called knowledge-based or
expert systems.
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Programy umělé inteligence které dosáhnou způsobilosti odborné úrovně v řešení
problémů v oblastech úloh uplatňujících tělo vědění o určitých úlohách se nazývají
založené na znalostech nebo expertní systémy.
4. An important subclass of methods for reasoning with uncertainty is called "fuzzy logic".
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Důležitá podtřída metod pro usuzování s nejistotou se nazývá “fuzzy logika”
5. Much of the future of expert systems depends on breaking the knowledge acquisition
bottleneck and in codifying and representing a large knowledge infrastructure.
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Mnoho budoucích expertních system závisí na rozšíření záskávání znalostí a v
kodifikování a reprezentování rozsáhlé znalostní infrastuktury.
A topic tip for your presentation.
The Fifth Generation Computing Systems (FGCS) Project.
Fuzzy logic.
Poznámky:
Jak , tak …both …and
Buď nebo either…or
Ani ani
..neither …or
Kvalitní - of… quality
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Consist in – lie in lay
Lie – ležet
Lay – položit
Lay an egg – slepice klade vejce
Another – jeden další
Others - jiní
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