Expert Systems

1. What is an expert system?
An expert system is a type of artificial intelligence computer software that attempts to make human like judgements and mimic human behavior and decision making. It is has concentrated knowledge of a certain field much like a human or group of humans would.

2. What are some applications of expert systems?
Authorizer's Assistant by American Express- Helps credit authorizers make better credit decisions on who to approve for credit cards
Exsys Corvid-allows non-programmers to rapidly build on-line applications that capture the logic and process your experts use to solve problems, and deliver it to end users via their Browser.

3. What are the strengths or benefits of using an expert system?
One advantage of an expert system is that it can hold vast amounts of information and will always remember them, where a human could forget. Another advantage of an expert system is that it has the same answer for a question every time it is asked, where a human may very an answer on accident. Expert systems keep information clear and organized.

4. What are the weaknesses or limitations of using an expert system?
Expert systems lack common sense that humans possess. Expert systems cannot adapt unless changed to do so. Expert systems lack the creativity in responses that humans possess.