A fuzzy expert system shell: From minicomputer to PC

  • Authors:

  • K. S. Leung;Y. T. So;Ares Leung;W. S. Felix Wong

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong;Department of Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

  • Venue:
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

An expert system shell (SYSTEM Z-II) based on fuzzy logic and numbers was built in a minicomputer environment. Z-II was proved to be a successful and powerful expert system building tool because it can handle both exact and inexact reasoning. Its third generation, Z-III, is developed in a PC environment and includes some new enhancement features compared to Z-II. In this paper, the development process of Z-III is described. Two medical expert systems in the field of obstetrics have been built successfully using Z-III. A comparative performance evaluation between Z-II and Z-III using a third expert system is given. It is concluded that the implementation of Z-III in a PC environment is not only feasible but also increases user-friendliness and availability of such expert system shells.