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expert systems  

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  • Expert systems (ES), also called knowledge-based systems, are ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) computer programs with sophisticated decision-making and reasoning capabilities for limited domains of knowledge. Usually using ABDUCTION (reasoning toward an inference), they are more than smart databases because they mimic human thinking. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Expert Systems]

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