DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : B. Balaji
Designation : HOD
Branch : Electronics & Instrumentation
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for Minorities, Guntur
Year/Semester : V - Semester
Subject : Process control
Sub. Code : AEI - 504
Topic : Expert system
Duration : 50 min
Sub Topic : Construction & Applications of Expert
system
Teaching Aids : PPT
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 Objectives

On completion of this topic, you would be

able to know

• About construction of Expert System.

• Applications of Expert system.

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 Construction of Expert System

An Expert system is a computer programme designed to

act as an expert in a basic domain .Also an Expert
system includes a sizable knowledge base ,consisting of
facts about the domain and heuristics (rules) for applying
those facts

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 Block Diagram of Expert system

KNOWLEDGE BASE

FACTS HEURISTIC
ABOUT FOR
DOMAIN DOMAIN

KNOWLEDGE BASE
DOMAIN OF EXPERT AEI
SYSTEM
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Expert System (contd)

Expert System acts as intelligent assistants to human

experts as well assisting people who other wise might
not have access to expertise.
A data base program retrieves facts that
are stored ,while an expert systems uses reasoning to
draw conclusions from stored facts.

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Requirements for construction of an Expert system:

• There must be at least one human expert who is

acknowledged to perform the task well.

• The primary sources of experts abilities must be special

knowledge, judgment & experience.

• Experts must be explain the methods to be applied to a

particular task.
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 Applications
• Expert systems are useful in the fields of

• Accounting

• Medical

• Process control

• Financial service

• Robotics

• Computer Vision AEI 504.79 7

 Applications……

• Production

• Human Resources

• Natural language processing

• Remote sensing

• Man – Machine Interface

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 Summary

• An Expert system is a computer programme designed to

act as an expert in a basic domain

• Accounting, Medicine, Process Control, Production,

Financial Services, remote sensing, natural language
processing are some of the fields of applications of
Expert System.

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 Frequently Asked Question

1. Explain the Requirements of construction of an Expert

System.

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 Assignment

• List the applications of Expert System.

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