Expert Systems ‘*An intelligent computer program that uses knowledge and inference procedures to solve problems that are difficult enough to require significant human expertise for their solution..” (Feigenbaum 1982)Expert System Basic concept of expert system : > User supplies facts or other information to the expert system and receives expert advice or expertise in response. Internally, the expert system consists of two main components : > the knowledge-base contains the knowledge ® the inference engine draws conclusions from the knowledge Expert System [Inference Engine |Expert System Functionality * Assist human expert when integrating various decisions Replace human expert decision making when not available Expert systems : programming computers to make decisions in real-life situations (for example, some expert systems help doctors diagnose diseases based on symptoms) Knowledge from an expert Expert System Knowledge Base Non-expert user