laurie@cybavax.UUCP (Laurie Moseley) (12/18/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Recently someone mentioned 'Nexpert' in this group. I have not come across the name before. Is it, as it sounded, an expert system shell for the Mac ? If so, I would be grateful if anyone with the relevant details could send them to me. By 'relevant details' I mean: 1. Broad outline of what it can do - forward/backward chaining, type of statistical paradigm adopted, etc. 2. Hardware requirements (how big a Mac ?). 3. Price and source. 4. Any experience with it ? Good/Bad/Indifferent/detailed points, etc. With thanks in advance to anyone who replies Laurie Moseley -- If you have skill, you have power. If you have power, you need responsibility. Never demonstrate one without the other.
al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) (12/31/85)
> > Recently someone mentioned 'Nexpert' in this group. I have not come across > the name before. Is it, as it sounded, an expert system shell for the Mac ? It's an expert system development system. According to my friends who know about such things, it compares favorably with extremely expensive systems running on large LISP machines. > > 1. Broad outline of what it can do - forward/backward chaining, type of > statistical paradigm adopted, etc. forward and backward chaining, controllable within rules. > > 2. Hardware requirements (how big a Mac ?). 512K mac, the one I saw running had a hard disk (Hyperdrive) > > 3. Price and source. > About $5,000 (yes, five thousand dollars). Neuron Data, 444 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301. (415) 321-4488. The price is high because they see themselves as competing with Symbolics systems that cost nearly an order of magnitude more for a complete system (hardware and software). > 4. Any experience with it ? Good/Bad/Indifferent/detailed points, etc. Just saw a demo. It looked great. Nice user interface.