ABSTRACT

This updated version of the best-selling Knowledge-Based Systems for Engineers and Scientists (CRC Press, 1993) embraces both the explicit knowledge-based models retained from the first edition and the implicit numerical models represented by neural networks and optimization algorithms. The title change to Intelligent Systems for Engineers and Scie

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|30 pages

Rule-based systems

chapter 3|42 pages

Dealing with uncertainty

chapter 4|38 pages

Object-oriented systems

chapter 5|18 pages

Intelligent agents

chapter 6|18 pages

Symbolic learning

chapter 7|30 pages

Optimization algorithms

chapter 8|28 pages

Neural networks

chapter 9|10 pages

Hybrid systems

chapter 10|32 pages

Tools and languages

chapter 11|48 pages

Systems for interpretation and diagnosis

chapter 12|48 pages

Systems for design and selection

chapter 13|48 pages

Systems for planning

chapter 4|42 pages

teen: Systems for control

chapter 15|4 pages

Concluding remarks