Understanding Expert Systems Using Crystal

by Mary Jackson (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $148.75

  The text starts with an overview of what expert systems are, their varied purposes, their common characteristics and the features that distinguish these systems from conventional programming applications. After exploring the roots from which expert systems have developed and some of the early systems, the different building tools (languages, shells and toolkits) are compared. The next chapters introduce Crystal and outline how simple expert systems can be structured and implemented with this building tool. Parts of these chapters are written as hands-on tutorials and require the reader to have access to Crystal on a PC. There are practical exercises to consolidate on the main skills, techniques and the new ideas introduced in each chapter. Crystal's interfaces with other software are examined via two examples. The last chapters look at a range of small systems implemented in Crystal and a wider range of applications in the particular fields of accounting, banking and finance.