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title: "Progress On A Computer Based Consultant"
authors:
  - "Peter E. Hart"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/132"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/0132.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1975
pages: "831-840"
track: "Miscellaneous Applications Of A.I."
keywords:
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# Progress On A Computer Based Consultant

Peter E. Hart

*Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 831-840.

## Abstract

Computer based consultants are systems that incorporate specialized bodies of knowledge and make this knowledge conveniently available to users who are not computer experts. This paper summarizes initial progress on a computer based consultant project aimed at helping a novice mechanic work with electromechanical equipment. We describe some properties and abilities of consultants, and present results to date on the problem solving, vision, and natural language components of our evolving system. Keywords in this paper are: computer based consultant, advice-giving, problem solving, trouble-shooting, scene analysis, natural language understanding.