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Students should be familiar with expert systems, including their features, applications, and objectives such as mineral exploration, diagnosing car engine issues, medical assessments, chess strategy, financial planning, scheduling delivery routes, and identifying plants and animals. They should also understand the components of an expert system, which include the user interface, inference engine, knowledge base, rules base, and explanation system, as well as how these systems generate potential solutions for various situations.

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Students should be familiar with expert systems, including their features, applications, and objectives such as mineral exploration, diagnosing car engine issues, medical assessments, chess strategy, financial planning, scheduling delivery routes, and identifying plants and animals. They should also understand the components of an expert system, which include the user interface, inference engine, knowledge base, rules base, and explanation system, as well as how these systems generate potential solutions for various situations

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Components of an Expert System

An expert system includes the following components: user interface, inference engine, knowledge base, rules base, and explanation system.

  1. a

    Identify the component of an expert system that contains the facts and information about the specific domain.

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    [1]
  2. b

    Explain the role of the inference engine in an expert system.

    Aim for approximately 2 distinct marking points.

    [2]
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