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This paper introduces a tool, namely ACRES (Automatic CReator of Expert Systems), which can automatically produce rule-based expert systems as CLIPS scripts from a dataset containing knowledge about a problem domain in the form of a large number of cases. The rules are created via a simple systematic approach and make use of certainty factors (CFs). CFs of same conclusions can be combined either using the MYCIN method or a generalization of MYCIN’s method. This latter method requires calculation of some weights, based on a training dataset, via the use of a genetic algorithm. Creation of an expert system is outlined. Small scale experimental results comparing the above methods with each other and a neural network are finally presented.
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Hatzilygeroudis, I., Kovas, K. (2010). A Tool for Automatic Creation of Rule-Based Expert Systems with CFs. In: Papadopoulos, H., Andreou, A.S., Bramer, M. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2010. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 339. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16239-8_27
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