Artificial intelligence and expert systems: a technology update

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has entered center stage. In the last several years. AI has gained significant visibility in the business community, public domain, and academia. Expert Systems (ES), the dominant sub-field in the AI arena today, offers extensive commercial, scientific, and military applications. This paper introduces the concepts of AI and its six main divisions or sub-fields, and then focuses on the architecture and development of expert systems. Experience with specific ES applications in the U.S. Navy are discussed, along with practical recommendations for implementing AI technology.<>