EXSYS Expert System Applications

"Expert systems also called "knowledge-based" systems are computer programs that use expertise to assist people in performing a wide variety of functions, including diagnosis, planning, scheduling and design. Thousands of systems are now in routine use worldwide, and span the full spectrum of activities in business, industry and government. 

Economic gain has been realized along many dimensions: speed-up of professional work, internal cost savings on operations, return on investment, improved quality and consistency of decision making, new products and services, captured organizational know-how, improvements in the way a company does its business, crisis management, and simulation of innovation." 

A Few Expert System Application Areas

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE - Cost Code Selector, Stock & Commodity Trading, Portfolio Construction, Home Purchasing, Financial Planner Training and Selection, Personal Tax Advisor, Detecting Insider Trading, Organizational Services, Credit Analysis Advisor, Bank Loan Identification, Credit Control, Loan Documentation, Assessment of Risk and Fraud in Financial Institutions, Aid in Tax Form Completion, Commercial Loan Approval Predictor... 

ACTIVITIES - Aquarium Water Quality Analysis, Bridge Opening Bid Advisor, Bird Identification, Sailing Tactics, Yarn Analysis for Weaving... 

AGRICULTURAL - Irrigation and Pest Control, Crop Variety Selection and Management, Soil Characterization and Utilization for Specific Areas, Fertilizer, Climate and Soil Interaction and Analysis, Salmon Stocking Rates and Species Selection, Forest Inventory, Weed Identification, Soil Conservation, Tree Selection Based on Environmental Conditions, Planning and Design of Agroforestry Systems... 

BUSINESS - Alternatives for Fragmented Industry, Advertising Copy Development, Shipping Documentation and Routes, Market Advisor for Process Control Systems, Demographic and Market Assessment, Product Performance Trouble-shooting, Sales Personnel Assessment, Account Marketing, Invention Patent Ability, Salary & Benefit Planning, Client Profile Business Application Selection, Professional Service Selection, Career Goal Planning, Pension Fund Calculator, Unemployment Insurance Eligibility... 

CHEMICAL - Hazard Evaluation, Chemical Facilities Procedures, Correct Propellant Ingredient Mixture, Pollution Control Technology Permits, Common Metal and Alloy Identification, Real-time Process Controlled City Waste Water Management, Solvent Selection for Chemical Compounds, Pottery Glaze Recipe and Identification, Pulp Bleaching Advisor, Toxicity of Laboratory Chemicals, Lime Recognition System, Process Diagnosing and Troubleshooting... 

COMPUTER - Software System Diagnostic Modeling, Application Sizing, Software Quality Assurance, Program Classification, Locating Component Failure & Analysis, New Technology Selection, Training Systems, Custom Hardware Diagnostics, Decision Support Systems, MIS Support System, Program Library Maintenance, Fault Detection and Diagnostics of Wide Area Networks, Analysis of Statistical Data, Personal Computer Configuration, Shielding Technique Selection, Database Design, Computerized Technical Service Representation, Hardware and Software Selection by Non Technical Users, New User of Computer Assistance, Documentation Recommendations to Users, Monitoring, Repair Assistance and Problem Prediction of Operating System... 

CONSTRUCTION - Pavement Rehabilitation & Design, Structural Damage Assessment, Equipment Evaluation & Selection, Material Costing & Selection, Project Scheduling, Cost Estimating, Evaluating Multifamily Housing Projects, Work Zone Safety Trainer/Advisor, Weld Procedure Selection and Cost Estimating, Soil Compacting, Fire Code Advisor, Alarm Management System... 

EDUCATION - TRAINING - Library Reference Material Recommendation, Interpretation of Statistical Quality Control Data, Teaching Mineral, Rock and Fossil Identification, Student Financial Aid Eligibility, Analysis of Metal Cautions, Fire Department Emergency Management Advisor, Medical Student Diagnostic Systems, Dentistry Advisor, Telephone Customer Support Instruction, Gas Turbine Training, Industrial Training, Patient Care Advisor for Student Nurses... 

ENGINEERING - INDUSTRIAL - Engineering Change Control Demonstrating, Diesel Engine Lube Oil Wear Analysis, Superalloys Phase Analysis, Equipment Diagnostics, Electronic Semiconductor Failure Testing, Parts List Selection & Sizing, Power Generation System Scheduling, Component Failure Prediction, Machining Advisor, Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Selection, Petrochemical Plant Process Control, Control Panel Layout Design, Material and Process Design Advisor... 

INSURANCE - Rating for Substandard Life Insurance, Workers Comp Classification, Underwriting Assistance, Social Security Help Desk and Benefit Identification, Unemployment Insurance Eligibility... 

MEDICAL - Admission Protocols, X-Ray Analysis, Hematological Diagnoses, Psychiatric Interviewing, Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Response Interpretation, Medical Decision Making, Respirator Selection for Preschool Children, Health Services Utilization and modeling, Diagnostic Systems, In-Vitro Fertilization, Symptom Analysis, Voice-Driven Lab Diagnosis, Rehabilitation Feasibility Strategies, Billing and Account Management, Disease Research... 

MILITARY, GOVERNMENT & SPACE RELATED - Submarine Approach Officer Training, Combat Methodology Selection, Radar Mode Workstation Designing, Federal Contract Management, Severe Weather Forecasting, Shuttle Payload On-Orbit Analysis, Metals Materials Selector, GB Satellite Abnormality Correction, Thermal Analyst, Selection of Non-materials in Aerospace Applications... 

TROUBLE-SHOOTING - Airplane Starting Systems, Data Communications, Test and Repair of a PCB, Gas Turbine Control System, Bearing System Failures, Telecommunications Difficulties, Real-Time Process Control, Meterman's Assistant System, Mechanical Equipment and Systems Diagnosis, Weld Flaw Detection, Web Break Diagnosis in Paper Milling, Power Plant Turbine Generator Bearing Maintenance System... 

MANY, MANY OTHERS - Telephone System Configurator, Training Material & Product Selection, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Production Scheduling, Service Networking, Airline Scheduling, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Planning Implementation, Career Development, Quick Proposal Estimating, Credit Control, Product Development, Telephone Call Screening, Real Estate Market & Mortgage Credit Analysis, Retirement Planning, Sales Analysis...