Expert Systems - Landscape Overview

Expert systems have been discussed at length in academic literature dating back to the 1950s and before. At their simplest, an expert system is simply a way for an expert to share their expertise in a declarative, systematic manner that allows it to be reproduced or reused by non-experts. As a concept, expert systems are technology agnostic as one could ostensibly develop an expert system with a simple checklist. However, expert systems platforms are a class of technologies in the legal industry that have evolved to simplify and expedite the creation of expert systems.