Essex -- An intelligent advisor for expert system shell selection

Abstract

This paper described an advisory system for selecting expert system software. Some background into the problems that an organization might face in the selection of expert system software will first be presented. After this, the methodology and architecture of the system will be reviewed. Finally, an example consultation session will be conducted. The purpose of this paper is to show how knowledge-based systems and database management systems can be linked to form a uniform information processing environment.