The expert system life cycle: what have we learned from software engineering?
Agustinus Salle, Larry Medsker · 1990
The assimilation of expert systems into the business environment has been rapid.A number of well-publicized expert system success stories have helped convince management that expert systems can play important roles in information systems.However, the unconditional acceptance of a new discipline without recognizing some painfully-learned lessons of the past is inherently dangerous.The speed of expert system technology transfer from research laboratories to business systems, while exciting, nonetheless has the potential to contribute further to the "software crisis."Some aspects of expert system development are just like traditional software development; however, some phases have no parallels.We need to articulate new standards that address the unique features of expert systems development and incorporate the lessons from software engineering.