An expert system is an automated consulting system which provides the user with expert advice within a particular domain. We briefly review some of the recent literature pertaining to the development and uses of expert systems. In particular, we discuss the design and implementation of an expert system which we have developed to guide a teacher/diagnostician through the various stages of diagnosing reading difficulties.
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