Title :
Expert Systems and the "Myth" of Symbolic Reasoning
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
Abstract :
Elements of the artificial intelligence approach to expert systems offer great productivity advantages over traditional approaches to application systems development, even though the end result may be a program employing no AI techniques. These productivity advantages are the hidden truths behind the "myth" that symbolic reasoning programs are better than ordinary ones.
Keywords :
Automatic programming; Lisp; Prolog; expert systems; programmer productivity; prototypes; specifications; symbolic reasoning; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Automatic programming; Biographies; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Expert systems; Productivity; Programming profession; Prototypes; Automatic programming; Lisp; Prolog; expert systems; programmer productivity; prototypes; specifications; symbolic reasoning;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1985.231886
