gordon@warwick.UUCP (03/23/87)
In answer to the question "does an expert system need to be able to explain itself to be useful", consider teaching. Anyone who has taught knows, to teach something (ie to explain it to a class), you really need to understand the issues, before you can begin to get them across. Also, in the process of teaching itself, ones own understanding is often deepened. Gordon Joly -- {seismo,ucbvax,decvax}!mcvax!ukc!warwick!gordon