“…The recent success of ES technology (Stefik, et al (1982)), in diagnosis, monitoring, prediction, planning, tracking, and design problems in certain application domains has initiated similar efforts in other areas. These early successful expert system applications include SOPHIE in computer assisted instruction (Brown, et al (1974)), MYCIN in medical diagnosis (Shortliffe (1976)), PROSPECTOR in oil exploration (Duda, et al (1978)), and DENDRAL in biology (Buchanan and Feigenbaum (1978)).…”