30 Oct
2013
30 Oct
'13
2:58 p.m.
On 10/30/2013 02:24 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
I took an "Expert Systems" class in grad
school. Not surprisingly, it was
a bit of a disappointment, as the majority of examples really weren't
anything more than implementations of troubleshooting flowcharts, and not
very good ones at that. For example, one of the examples in the textbook
was for troubleshooting motorcycle starting problems - if none of the
prior tests found the problem it unequivocably declared the problem to be
fuel tank vent. Sorry, but that is not a suitable fall-thru handler!
I should have qualified my statement with "expertly executed flowchart".
But honestly, IBM and other manufacturers have relied upon them for
decades--and they also teach the underlying fundamentals.
I don't see anything wrong with the practice.
--Chuck