The role of expert systems in vegetation science |
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Authors: | I R Noble |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 475, 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia |
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Abstract: | An area of artificial intelligence known as experts systems (or knowledge-based systems) is being applied in many areas of science, technology and commerce. It is likely that the techniques will have an impact on vegetation science and ecology in general. This paper discusses some of those impacts and concludes that the main effects will be in areas of applied ecology especially where ecological expertise is needed either quickly (e.g. disaster management) or across a wide range of ecological disciplines (e.g. land management decisions). Expert systems will provide ecologists with valuable tools for managing data and interacting with other fields of expertise. The impact of expert systems on ecological theory will depend on the degree to which deep knowledge (i.e. knowledge based on first principles rather than on more empirical rules) is used in formulating knowledge bases. |
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Keywords: | Expert system Knowledge-based system Modelling |
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