{"id":60855,"date":"2020-11-29T06:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T06:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=60855"},"modified":"2022-07-11T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:01:04","slug":"expert-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/expert-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Computer problem-solving programs with a very narrow scope dealing only with problems in a limited domain of knowledge.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A group of rules that outlines a reasoning process. The rules are statements made by experts in a given field of expertise. The system is applied to a database and results in deductions being made. Expert systems often revolve around a computer program that elicits answers from a non-expert operator (acquisition of data), and then applies the previously stored rules (embedded in the software) to this new data to come up with a conclusion. An expert system might be used in a bank, for example, to ask a clerk to enter certain relevant information from a loan applicant into its database, and then have the expert system decide whether or not the applicant qualifies for a loan given the bank&#8217;s rules. In health care, an expert system could accept a patient&#8217;s medical history and symptoms, and then apply this data to stored rules to suggest possible diagnoses. See also Problem Knowledge Couplers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A computer program using a set of rules that analyzes information and simulates the judgment and behavior of a specialist in a particular field to provide analysis and to possibly recommend a course of action.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer problem-solving programs with a very narrow scope dealing only with problems in a limited domain of knowledge. A group of rules that outlines a reasoning process. The rules are statements made by experts in a given field of expertise. The system is applied to a database and results in deductions being made. 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