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Title: Commercial products begin to emerge from decades of research

Journal Article · · Electronics; (United States)
OSTI ID:5363774

Expert and natural-language systems herald what could be a tidal wave. What are known as expert systems, or, more appropriately, knowledge-based systems use AI methods to solve problems and to aid decision making by using a knowledge base along with rules of inference that apply to a specific field of knowledge. The first AI products are harbingers of an evolution to a new generation of computer hardware and software. Major players in the international computer industry have recognized the strategic importance of AI and are already deeply involved. The Japanese government and the country's major computer companies and universities are about two years into the 10-year Fifth-Generation Computer Project.

OSTI ID:
5363774
Journal Information:
Electronics; (United States), Vol. 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English