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Rule acquisition for expert systems

  • US 4,816,994 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1984
  • Issued: 03/28/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The method of acquiring rules for a computer-based expert system, said rules being characterized by conditions involving queries having more than one possible answer, said method comprising,serially receiving portions of a sentence input from an expert,checking said portions as they are received for their confirmation to a predetermined grammar based upon the logical formation of rules for a given subject matter,providing sentence portion selection information to said expert, wherein said selection information is given to the expert by way of feedback in instances where the expert inputs a sentence portion that does not conform to said predetermined grammar, andtranslating the sentence into the form of a diagnostic rule when the sentence is complete.

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