: computer software that attempts to mimic the reasoning of a human specialist
Examples of expert system in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNeural networks gave way to expert systems, which in turn gave way to machine learning.—Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 Starting in the mid-1960s, expert systems brought a new focus on capturing and programming real-world knowledge, specifically the knowledge of specialized domain experts and specifically, their rules of thumb (heuristics).—Gil Press, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 As a result, corporations around the world began to develop their own expert systems and a hardware industry sprang up around these investments.—Martin Reeves, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023 The first wave of AI was expert systems.—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2019 Use automation and expert system tools to stitch stories where relevant.—Shashank Tiwari, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023 This allows the expert system to plot the optimal route around obstacles.—David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 Worse, later the author describes a conversation between Eliza and another expert system, Parry, in the same way.—David A. Teich, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021 Needless to say, expert systems can’t function beyond their rules.—Alan Zeichick, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2017
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