[net.micro.mac] NEXPERT

laurie@cybavax.UUCP (Laurie Moseley) (12/18/85)

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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
-- 
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If you have power, you need responsibility.
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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.