The epistemology of a rule-based expert system —a framework for explanation

1983/05/01 by William J. Clancey · 712 citations
Computer Science · #AI-based Problem Solving and Planning #Advanced Text Analysis Techniques #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Epistemology #Expert system #Heuristic #Knowledge representation and reasoning #Management science #Perspective (graphical) #Premise #Programming language #Representation (politics) #Semantic Web and Ontologies #Set (abstract data type) #Theoretical computer science

paper · doi:10.1016/0004-3702(83)90008-5

published in Artificial Intelligence 20(3), 215-251 (Elsevier BV)

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