Publisher's Synopsis
This is a step-by-step guide on how to use methods that resemble ordinary programming techniques efficiently to automate a variety of complex tasks. The book focuses on concrete examples and devotes nine chapters to fully functional sample expert systems including a system to evaluate mainframe software, an automated disaster recovery system, and a job prioritizer for computer center managers. The approach allows ordinary computer professionals with no previous experience to build powerful expert systems using inexpensive tools and their own common sense.