Answer by RonJohn for Why did expert systems fall?
The answer is in your question:"By the early 90s, the earliest successful expert systems, such as XCON, proved too expensive to maintain. They were difficult to update, they could not learn, they were...
View ArticleAnswer by ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells for Why did expert systems fall?
Expert systems didn't fail per se - the technology is still around in today's rule engines (e.g. Drools) and there are still plenty of applications for that technology. The technology got a lot of hype...
View ArticleAnswer by Will Hartung for Why did expert systems fall?
They failed because they didn't live up to the hype. What was touted as a technology with broad applicability turned out not to be as generic and general purpose as was hoped.Today, expert systems are...
View ArticleWhy did expert systems fall?
Wikipedia gives a good summary of the AI winter of the late eighties and early nineties (the qualification is necessary since there has been more than one). Some aspects of it are clear enough, but...
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