Meanings
nounexpert system (plural expert systems)
plural expert systems
- artificial intelligenceA type of artificially intelligent software system that stores expertise concerning some subject matter in a knowledge base and attempts to answer questions or solve problems in a manner which simulates the thought processes of a human expert.
“For each different kind of problem,” said Minsky, “the construction of expert systems had to start all over again, because they didn't accumulate common-sense knowledge.”
2003 May 13, Mark Baard, quoting Marvin Minsky, “AI Founder Blasts Modern Research”, in Wired, →ISSN
Translations
Czech expertní systém
- expertní systémtype of artificially intelligent software system
Finnish asiantuntijajärjestelmä
- asiantuntijajärjestelmätype of artificially intelligent software system
German Expertensystem
- Expertensystemtype of artificially intelligent software system
Icelandic sérþekkingarkerfi, sérfræðikerfi
- sérþekkingarkerfitype of artificially intelligent software system
- sérfræðikerfitype of artificially intelligent software system
Polish system ekspertowy, system ekspercki
- system ekspertowytype of artificially intelligent software system
- system eksperckitype of artificially intelligent software system
Romanian sistem expert
- sistem experttype of artificially intelligent software system
Russian экспе́ртная систе́ма
- экспе́ртная систе́ма (ekspértnaja sistéma)type of artificially intelligent software system
Spanish sistema experto
- sistema expertotype of artificially intelligent software system
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APA
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Chicago
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