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Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

Title:Europe-Swas-Artificial-Intelligence
Moderator:HERON::BUCHANAN
Created:Fri Jun 03 1988
Last Modified:Thu Aug 04 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:442
Total number of notes:1429

50.0. "Crystal" by LARVAE::TURNER (Mark Turner * DTN 849-3429 * SPYDER::TURNER) Fri Jan 20 1989 17:17

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50.1Crystal clear ???PRSUD2::MERCIERHenri Mercier,SWAS ParisTue Feb 07 1989 18:255
    Question :
    
    What is Crystal ?
    
    - Henri -
50.2crystal infoNZOV01::PARKINSONReunite Gondwannaland!Thu Jun 29 1989 08:0614
    This note has lain dead for a while. Since I saw crystal running
    not long ago I can tell the world it is an expert system shell.
    I wasn't very impressed, but the person demoing it knew very little
    about crystal so maybe I didn't see it at its best.
    
    It seemed to be rule based, but the rules looked to be represented
    in a big decision tree whose leaves were questions. I guess it must
    have been backward chaining. It was running on a PC and it had an
    advisory system for local health authorities (written in the UK).
    I was told the reason these people chose crystal was its speed.
    
    It's not much, I know, but it's nice to know something for a change!
    
    Roger