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expert system

American  

noun

Computers.
  1. a program that gives answers, solutions, or diagnoses, based on available information, by following procedures that attempt to duplicate the thought processes and apply the knowledge of an expert in some particular field.


expert system British  

noun

  1. a computer program that can offer intelligent advice or make intelligent decisions using rule-based programs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of expert system

First recorded in 1975–80

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I think Watson’s very different than what we do, from what I understand of it — it’s more like an expert system, so it’s a very different style of AI.

From The Verge Mar. 10, 2016

Says Esther Dyson, editor of Release 1.0, a computer-industry newsletter: "A neural network will tell the difference between a Russian tank and an American tank, and an expert system will tell whether to shoot."

From Time Magazine Archive

The first expert system, developed at Stanford University in 1970, diagnosed a range of different infections and prescribed appropriate antibiotic treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

An expert system is an AI program that captures in computer code the knowledge and informal rules of thumb used by a particular human expert to solve a particular problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

OBR-III is an expert system that learns continuously, as the human mind does.

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