Table of Contents

Case Study: MYCIN: Varieties of Problem Solving Strategies; The Anatomy of a Knowledge Base; Anatomy of An Inference Engine; MYCIN Reconsidered; Languages and Tools for Knowledge Systems; A Sampler of Knowledge Systems and Their Architectures; How Knowledge Systems are Developed; Near Futures: Knowledge Engineering in the Next Five Years; Large Scale Knowledge Systems; Near Futures: Intelligent Job Aids; Not So Near Futures: Research Topics Likely to Bear Fruit in 5 Years or More; Not So Near Futures: Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Not So Near Futures: Planning and Preparing for the Knowledge Systems Revolution; Appendixes;