01 SPECIFY
ARCHIVE OBJECT / AIM-BOOK-1984-001
Rule-Based Expert Systems: The MYCIN Experiments
Expertise becomes explicit rules, while the surrounding human work remains visible.- 01What people specify
- Researchers acquire domain knowledge, write rules, and design how uncertainty, explanation, evaluation, and human use are handled.
- 02What the system changes or runs
- The program applies encoded rules to a case and produces conclusions that its explanation machinery can expose.
- 03What this record lets us inspect
- A retrospective research volume separates the rule engine from the large body of work required around it.
- 04What this does not prove
- This research record is neither medical guidance nor a certificate that the system was ready for general deployment.