Expert Systems for Engineering Diagnosis: Styles, Requirements for Tools, and Adaptability

  • Tao Li
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Abstract

Diagnosis seems a natural area for the application of expert systems. A diagnostic problem is often considered a challenge to engineers. They must exercise their intelligence to solve such a complicated puzzle. In solving a diagnostic problem, one must first observe and then try to locate possible failures by proper reasoning. The reasoning can be either empirical (by using accumulated experience) or functional (by using knowledge about system components and organization). Depending on the complexity of systems, their fault diagnosis can be quite complicated and time-consuming. Conventional methods do not seem suitable for sophisticated diagnostic problems. But expert systems can be quite effective in tackling a wide spectrum of diagnostic situations.

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Expert System Diagnostic System Inference Engine Hierarchical Organization Sound Channel 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Tao Li
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  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceThe University of AdelaideAdelaideAustralia

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