RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Past Research in Expert Systems at ETSU Artificial intelligence research at East Texas State University (ETSU) began in the fall of 1983 with the development of a knowledge-based expert system to solve configuration problems. The intention was to develop a generic system that could be transferred from one problem domain to another. The problem domains selected on which the system was to be tested were the configuration of Hewlett-Packard Model 29 computer systems and the generation of degree plans for graduate students in the Computer Science Department at ETSU. The configurator is based on a semantic network that utilizes frames as a method of representing knowledge. Frames are used as nodes in the network and can contain facts, rules, and links to other nodes.