A review of expert systems

EXPIM: a knowledge-based expert system for production/inventory modelling

“…A few papers have also been published reviewing AI/ES concepts for the management science community and providing possible research topics for interfacing expert systems and management science (Kastner andHong 1984, Assad andGolden 1986). Other applications of ES in traditional MS/OR are reported in the areas of design optimization (Azarm and Pecht 1985), university admission decisions (Van Breda 1986), simulation modelling (Khoshnevis andChen 1986,Doukidis andPaul 1985)and operations analysis (Biswas et al 1987).…”

KBLS: A prototype knowledge-based system for the selection of lot-sizing models

“…For example, some well-known systems have solved problems in various fields, such as medical diagnosis and oil exploration, which cannot satisfactorily be handled by conventional programming techniques. Kastner and Hong (1984) suggested that a large number of high-performance knowledge-based systems had been developed so far. In some systems, large mathematical packages had been used for a portion of the problemsolving task.…”

“…Real-world problems are often ill-structured, too vague or too complex for mathematical modeling (Kastner and Hong, 1984). However, knowledge-based systems which mimic the thinking process of humans and are capable of dealing with ill-defined problems with incomplete information, have shown a promise in their ability to deal with complex problems.…”

Analysis of expert systems in manufacturing design

“…Kumara engineering. Kästner and Hong [35] reviewed components of expert systems and addressed some of the problem-solv ing techniques used in expert systems. De and Whinston [14] studied factors such as natural language understand ing and plan understanding that benefit the decision-mak ing process in manufacturing systems.…”