Safety Issues
Rule-based systems have some checks on conclusions
Rules can be reviewed by experts
Rules used for various results can be reviewed experts
Inference process can be reviewed by programmers
Some fail-safe checks possible
Known rules can be written rather tightly
Situations outside rules can be covered by default "Don't know" rule
No system is completely fail-safe, but expert systems offer reasonable level of review
created May 13, 2003
last revised May 13, 2003
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