Book review: Probabilistic Similarity Networks By David E. Heckerman (The MIT Press, 1991)
Stephen E. Roehrig · ACM SIGART Bulletin · 1992
This is a book about normative expert systems, that is, systems which treat uncertainty using the normative framework of probability theory. The gauntlet of probabilistic reasoning in expert systems was thrown down by the developers of MYCIN when they originated certainty factors. It has been picked up by quite a few, and serious battles have been joined. Now one of the owners of the glove has admitted a success by a probabilist.