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PDF pending restorationClancey, William J. – 1986
This paper reviews the research leading from the GUIDON rule-based tutoring system, including the reconfiguration of MYCIN into NEOMYCIN and NEOMYCIN's generalization into the heuristic classification shell, HERACLES. The presentation is organized chronologically around pictures and dialogues that represent turning points and crystallize the basic…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Computer System Design, Expert Systems
Download full textBonar, Jeffrey; And Others – 1987
This technical report describes a generic architecture for building intelligent tutoring systems which is developed around objects that represent the knowledge elements to be taught by the tutor. Each of these knowledge elements, called "bites," inherits both a knowledge organization describing the kind of knowledge represented and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design
Klein, Gary L. – 1988
This paper describes the use of video to provide a screenplay depiction of a proposed artificial intelligence software system. Advantages of such use are identified: (1) the video can be used to provide a clear conceptualization of the proposed system; (2) it can illustrate abstract technical concepts; (3) it can simulate the functions of the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Expert Systems
PDF pending restorationThompson, Timothy F.; Clancey, William J. – 1986
This report describes the application of a shell expert system from the medical diagnostic system, Neomycin, to Caster, a diagnostic system for malfunctions in industrial sandcasting. This system was developed to test the hypothesis that starting with a well-developed classification procedure and a relational language for stating the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Computer System Design
Dede, Christopher J.; And Others – 1985
The first of five sections in this report places intelligent computer-assisted instruction (ICAI) in its historical context through discussions of traditional computer-assisted instruction (CAI) linear and branching programs; TICCIT and PLATO IV, two CAI demonstration projects funded by the National Science Foundation; generative programs, the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Hu, Chengren – 1988
This paper describes a study that was undertaken at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to compare the databases selected by 75 inexperienced student online searchers aided by an existing gateway system--INFOMASTER, a version of EASYNET--with databases selected manually by four experienced searchers who were reference librarians from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Artificial Intelligence, College Students, Comparative Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
Summarized are two reports of a federally funded project on the use of artificial intelligence in special education. The first report, "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Special Education: How Feasible?," by Alan Hofmeister and Joseph Ferrara, provides information on the development and evaluation of a series of prototype systems…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Problems, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction
