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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Expert systems for software debuggin - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 28-Jan-84 03:25:20 EST
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uiucdcs!renner    Jan 28 00:14:00 1984

Ehud Shapiro's error diagnosis system is not an expert system.  It doesn't
depend on a heuristic approach at all.  Shapiro tries to find the faulty part
of a bad program by executing part of the program, then asking an "oracle" to
decide if that part worked correctly.  I am very impressed with Shapiro's
work, but it doesn't have anything to do with "expert knowledge."

Scott Renner
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