Design and implementation of GungaWeb: an application of classical expert system technology to the production of web-based commercial systems

  • Authors:
  • David E. Woodin

  • Affiliations:
  • Due Process Software, P.O. Box 433, Catskill, NY

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Artificial intelligence and law
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

A prior paper described an advisory system in New York State criminal law, constructed in Prolog, and indicated how it might be used to extend the utility to judges of then current court management databases. Experience gained over ten years' maintenance and sales of that program teaches there has been only limited market penetration of legal expert systems as commercial products, despite their clear potential for productive use. This paper describes a new advisory system, employing web-based elements, that has gained substantial recognition and acceptance in a short time in both the public and private sectors. Ironically, one key to the rapid development and testing of this new system has been the use of a modified version of the prior system to generate web files. Conjectured is the conclusion that the most fruitful field for classical expert systems may lie in their employment as “intelligent authors” of conventional software.