1. Knowledge-based Systems
Goal: Computerization of Expertise in a particular area
Focus is on knowledge acquisition and machine learning is not considered to be very important.
Hypothesis: “The power of a system is the amount of special knowledge it contains”.
Expert systems are knowledge based systems
Knowledge Base
Facts
Rules / Inferential Knowledge

2. Brief Introductions to Other Subfields of AI
Knowledge-based Systems
Soft Computing
Planning

3. Knowledge- based Systems
Self-reasoning,
Explanation &
Justification
Dr. Christoph F. Eick
Knowledge Integration &
Reuse
Coping with Vague,
Incomplete and
Uncertain Knowledge
Ontologies
Knowledge
Engineering
Knowledge- based Systems
Rule-based
Programming
Indexing
& Finding
Relevant
Knowledge
Efficient
Implementation
of Rule-based
Systems
Database
Systems
Knowledge Acquisition