Software Engineering and Expert Systems

• ESs (both Rule Based and CBR systems) need to be developed just like any other software.
• Like other systems you need to acquire the knowledge, design the system, implement it, test it, and maintain it.
• A lot of this is about using the expert appropriately also known as knowledge engineering.
• A key point here is interviewing
• Exam Questions
• How do you develop an ES?
• What properties of a problem make it appropriate for an ES?
• What are the key decisions in developing an ES?
• How do ESs relate to other types of systems?
• Note that ESs could be spoken of either collectively, or as Rule Based Systems or as CBR systems