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SYSTEM CASE
STUDIES:
MYCIN
Expert System
Expert System: A computer system designed
to mimic the decision-making ability of a
human expert in a specific domain.
Expert systems are AI-based software
applications that use knowledge and
inference techniques to solve complex
problems.
They emulate the decision-making process
of a human expert, providing advice,
recommendations, or solutions based on a
set of rules and domain knowledge.
OVERVIEW OF MYCIN
Mycin: A pioneering expert system
developed in the 1970s for diagnosing
infectious diseases.
Mycin was one of the first expert systems
developed at Stanford University in the
1970s.
It focused on the domain of infectious
diseases, specifically bacterial infections.
Mycin utilized a rule-based approach and a
backward chaining inference mechanism
to diagnose diseases.
BACKGROUND OF
MYCIN
Mycin's Development: Created by Edward Shortliffe
as part of his doctoral research.
Hierarchical Categorization
Organization: of Knowledge:
TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE USED IN MYCIN
DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE: FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE
DOMAIN
KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION
KNOWLEDGE MAINTENANCE
KNOWLEDGE ADOPTION
ROLE OF INFERENCE ENGINE IN MYCIN
RULE INTERPRETATION: INTERPRETING THE RULES AND KNOWLEDGE STORED IN THE
KNOWLEDGE BASE TO DERIVE CONCLUSIONS.
RULE MATCHING: MATCHING THE FACTS OR DATA WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN
THE RULES TO DETERMINE WHICH RULES ARE APPLICABLE.
RULE APPLICATION
SUBGOAL GENERATION
EVIDENCE ACCUMULATION
GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
COMMON CRITICISMS
•ACCURACY: ONE COMMON CRITICISM OF MYCIN IS ITS ACCURACY IN DIAGNOSING
CERTAIN DISEASES.
ADAPTABILITY: CRITICS ALSO POINT OUT THAT MYCIN'S ABILITY TO ADAPT TO NEW AND
EVOLVING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED.
COMPLEXITY: CRITICS ARGUED THAT MYCIN'S USER INTERFACE WAS TOO COMPLEX
FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO EASILY NAVIGATE