1965 ⟶ Dendral: Expert System for Molecular Structure

Edward Feigenbaum initiated Dendral, a ten-year effort to de...
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🧪 Dendral: Expert System for Molecular Structure

Edward Feigenbaum initiated Dendral, a ten-year effort to develop software to deduce the molecular structure of organic compounds using scientific instrument data. It was the first Expert system.⟶
Dendral: Expert System for Molecular Structure (1965)
Expert SystemsKnowledge-Based SystemsStanford UniversityFeigenbaumMolecular StructureScientific ReasoningEarly AIDendral
United StatesUnited States

🔬 Dendral Program Interprets Mass Spectra

Dendral program (Edward Feigenbaum, Joshua Lederberg, Bruce Buchanan, Georgia Sutherland at Stanford University) demonstrated to interpret mass spectra on organic chemical compounds. First successful knowledge-based program for scientific reasoning.⟶
Dendral Program Interprets Mass Spectra (1966)
Expert SystemsKnowledge-Based SystemsStanford UniversityScientific ReasoningChemistryFeigenbaumDendral
United StatesUnited States

🧪 Meta-Dendral Produces New Chemistry Results

The Meta-Dendral learning program produced new results in Chemistry (some rules of Mass spectrometry) the first scientific discoveries by a computer to be published in a refereed journal.⟶
Meta-Dendral Produces New Chemistry Results (1975)
Expert SystemsChemistryScientific DiscoveryMachine LearningRule-based SystemsMeta-DendralStanford University
USAUSA