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Many “state-of-the-art” expert computer systems function through the application of a finite set of deductive production rules to a static database of knowledge. For some well-studied fields such a system is sufficient, as there are no significant changes being made in the fundamental theory behind the knowledge represented in the database. An example of such a system is MYCIN, a medical diagnosis system. MYCIN’S database is made up of the associations between symptoms and diseases.1 This system works because these associations are well-documented and supported by centuries of medical study.
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Vaughan, R.A. (1988). Maintaining an Inductive Database. In: Fetzer, J.H. (eds) Aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Studies in Cognitive Systems, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2699-8_12
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