How long does it take to read A Guide to Expert Systems?
D. A. Waterman
A Guide to Expert Systems by D. A. Waterman takes about 7 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 419 pages, about 115,225 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Expert systems are sophisticated computer programs that manipulate knowledge to solve problems efficiently and effectively in a narrow problem area. Like real human experts, these systems use symbolic logic and heuristics--rules of thumb--to find solutions. Like real experts, they make mistakes but have the capacity to learn from their errors. This artificial expertise has some advantages over human expertise: it is permanent, consistent, easy to transfer and document, and cheaper. In sum, by linking the power of computers to the richness of human experience, expert systems enhance the value of expert knowledge by making it readily and widely accessible.
Subjects: Expert systems (Computer science), Expert Systems
