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Artificial Intelligence for Microcomputers If you would like to develop an expert system or knowledgebased system on a microcomputer, you might want to read Artijcial Intelligence for Microcomputers by Mickey Williamson, This nontechnical book is easy to understand, written for the unsophisticated microcomputer user. The first chapters provide a brief history of artificial intelligence (AI) and an introduction to natural language query systems. They explain what knowledge-based systems and expert systems are and how they work. Discussions are also provided of the two major AI programming languages, Lisp and Prolog, including their strengths and weaknesses. The remainder of the book is devoted to a review of some of the existing AI software products for microcomputers, such as natural language query systems, decision support systems, expert system development shells, and AI programming languages.