This important new book documents a selected group of expert system applications in operational use by several Mexican companies. The expert systems field in Mexico is young and promising. Universities and reseach centers have been assimilating and transferring expert systems technology since the early 80's. This book covers applications of diagnosis, design, interpretation and planning. It is an excellent text both for practitioners working in the field and university students learning about expert systems.

This book is part of a new series on operational expert systems worldwide. Expert systems are now widely used in different parts of the world for various applications. The past four years have witnessed a steady growth in the development and deployment of expert systems in Canada. Research in this field has also gained considerable momentum during the past few years. However, the field of expert systems is still young in Canada. This book contains 13 chapters contributed by 31 experts from both universities and industries across Canada covering a wide range of applications related to electric power and circuit boards, health and medicine, the legal field, transportation and decision making.

Operational Expert System Applications in Europe describes the representative case studies of the operational expert systems (ESs) that are used in Europe. This compilation provides examples of operational ES that are realized in 10 different European countries, including countries not usually examined in the standard reviews of the field. This book discusses the decision support system using several artificial intelligence tools; expert systems for fault diagnosis on computerized numerical control (CNC) machines; and expert consultation system for personal portfolio management. The failure probability based troubleshooting expert system for the Airbus A-310; automatic diagnosis of rotating machinery faults; and expert system for naval resource allocation are also covered. This publication is suitable for researchers and specialists interested in the operational expert system applications in Europe.

This edited volume is part of a new series on operational expert systems worldwide. The United States volume is intended to serve two major purposes. The first is to provide the reader with short case studies of actual, major operational expert systems that are being used primarily in the US. The second goal is to provide a variety of applications that are being operationally used in a regular basis in the US. This volume coupled with the other edited volumes on Expert System Applications in Europe, the Far East, Canada and Mexico, will provide the reader with keen insights on how expert system applications are being used worldwide.

Part of a series on expert systems around the world. Operational Expert System Applications in the Far East covers various aspects of expert system applications in the Far East. Some of the industries this book reports on include: Steel, electro-mechanical, power, automobile, oil, paper, airline and diagnosis.

This six-volume set presents cutting-edge advances and applications of expert systems. Because expert systems combine the expertise of engineers, computer scientists, and computer programmers, each group will benefit from buying this important reference work. An "expert system" is a knowledge-based computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert. The primary role of the expert system is to perform appropriate functions under the close supervision of the human, whose work is supported by that expert system. In the reverse, this same expert system can monitor and double check the human in the performance of a task. Human-computer interaction in our highly complex world requires the development of a wide array of expert systems. Expert systems techniques and applications are presented for a diverse array of topics including Experimental design and decision support The integration of machine learning with knowledge acquisition for the design of expert systems Process planning in design and manufacturing systems and process control applications Knowledge discovery in large-scale knowledge bases Robotic systems Geograhphic information systems Image analysis, recognition and interpretation Cellular automata methods for pattern recognition Real-time fault tolerant control systems CAD-based vision systems in pattern matching processes Financial systems Agricultural applications Medical diagnosis