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A review of expert systems principles and their role in manufacturing systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

P. T. Rayson
P. T. Rayson
Affiliation:
Trent Polytechnic, Burton Street, Nottingham NG1 4BU (U.K.)
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Abstract

SUMMARY

The objectives of this paper are twofold: The first is to briefly review for manufacturing engineers some of the early work undertaken by Artificial Intelligence researchers and the issues addressed which have culminated in today's “expert systems’ or ‘intelligent knowledge based systems’ (IKBS), as they are becoming known.

The second is to indicate some early applications in manufacturing and to point out that any major success in this field requires long-term commitment, in depth familiarity with A.I. techniques and access to A.I. development tools, all of which are currently in short supply internationally.

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Robotica , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 279 - 287
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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