Book Description:
An expert system, also known as a knowledge based system, is a computer program that contains some of the subject-specific knowledge of one or more human experts. This class of program was first developed by researchers in artificial intelligence during the 1960s and 1970s and applied commercially throughout the 1980s. The most common form of expert systems is a program made up of a set of rules that analyze information (usually supplied by the user of the system) about a specific class of problems, as well as providing mathematical analysis of the problem(s), and, depending upon their design, recommend a course of user action in order to implement corrections. It is a system that utilizes what appear to be reasoning capabilities to reach conclusions. This new book presents important research on in this dynamic field

Table of Contents:
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Preface

Research and Review Studies

Chapter 1 - A Logic and Computer Algebra Based Expert System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Migraine; pp. 1-84
(Luis M. Laita, Beatriz Lopez-Bravo, Luis de Ledesma, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Madrid, Spain, Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Laura Laita, Hospital San Rafael, Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 2 - Distributed Expert Systems as a New Tool in Chemical Analysis Processes; pp. 85-111
(Miguel Peris, Dept. of Chemistry, Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia, Valencia, Spain)

Chapter 3 - Integrating Expert Knowledge and Data Mining for Medical Diagnosis; pp. 113-137
(Fernando Alonso, Loic Martinez, Aurora Perez, Agustin Santamaria, Juan P. Valente, Dept. of Languages & Systems, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 4 - Looking for an Expert System based on Concept Maps for Automated Meaningful Learning; pp. 139-150
(L. Moreno, E.J. Gonzalez, J.D. Pineiro, Dept. Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automatica y Arquitectura y Tecnologia de Computadores, Univ. de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)

Chapter 5 - Could RFID-based Systems be regarded as Multi-agent Systems?; pp. 151-161
(H.K. Chan, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Chapter 6 - Modeling and Reasoning of Surveillance Video Events using Fuzzy Petri Nets; pp. 163-179
(Maojun Zhang, Zhihui Xiong, Wei Wang, School of Information Systems and Management, National Univ. of Defense Technology Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China)

Chapter 7 - A Framework for Expert System Knowledge Base in Art Psychotherapy; pp. 181-206
(Seong-in Kim, Dept. of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea Univ., Republic of Korea, Seok Yoo, Dept. of System Development, Nuri Solution Co., Republic of Korea, Kee-Eung Kim, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)

Chapter 8 - Expert Systems, GIS, and Spatial Decision Making: Current Practices and New Trends; pp. 207-228
(Khalid Eldrandaly, College of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig Univ., Egypt)

Index