Written with style and much wit... If you rejaded<br >and looking for something new to try， you couldn t<br >do better. "<br >-so said Which Micro in one of the many reviews praising the first edition of<br >Build Your Own Expert System. Reviewers from the top computer<br >magazines-Computing Today， Byte， Personal Computer News， Practical<br >Computing-have all praised Chris Naylor s clearly written and entertaining<br >book.<br >In this new edition， the text has been revised and updated. Also， the programs have<br >been completely rewritten for the IBM-PC and close compatibles， and have been<br >tested under IBM s Advanced BASIC (BASIC A)， GW BASIC and Locomotive<br >BASIC 2 (provided with the Amstrad PC 1512).<br >The book includes details and programs for complete machine learning and<br >Bayesian expert systems， plus a substantial knowledge base for medical diagnosis.<br >A significant section in the book covers fully-fledged systems that are expert in<br >deducing chemical structures， exploring for oil， diagnosing illnesses and many<br >more application areas. For readers wishing to acquire more in-depth knowledge，<br >an excellent list of selected readings is included.<br >Chris Naylor-is a prolific writer for the computer press and has written three<br >other books， including The PC Compendium (Vol I)， also by Sigma Press， details<br >of which are to be found at the end of this book. Professionally， Chris is a member<br >of several bodies， including the British Psychological Society， Institute of<br >Statisticians and the British Computer Society.<br >Published in the UK by Sigma Press， Wilmslow.<br >Published in the USA and Canada by Halsted Press， a division of John Wiley & Sons.<br >Sigma Press Edition ISBN: 1-85058-071-5<br >Halsted Press Edition ISBN: 0-470-20946-1<br >