1966 ⟶ Dendral Program Interprets Mass Spectra
Dendral program (Edward Feigenbaum, Joshua Lederberg, Bruce ...
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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.⟶
Expert SystemsKnowledge-Based SystemsStanford UniversityFeigenbaumMolecular StructureScientific ReasoningEarly AIDendral
United 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.⟶
Expert SystemsKnowledge-Based SystemsStanford UniversityScientific ReasoningChemistryFeigenbaumDendral
United States➕ Macsyma: Symbolic Reasoning for Integration
Joel Moses (PhD work at MIT) demonstrated the power of symbolic reasoning for integration problems in the Macsyma program. First successful knowledge-based program in Mathematics.⟶
Symbolic ReasoningMathematicsKnowledge-Based SystemsMITMacsymaMoses
United 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.⟶
Expert SystemsChemistryScientific DiscoveryMachine LearningRule-based SystemsMeta-DendralStanford University
USA🗣️ EMYCIN Program Development
Bill VanMelle's PhD dissertation at Stanford demonstrated the generality of MYCIN's representation of knowledge and style of reasoning in his EMYCIN program, the model for many commercial expert system "shells".⟶
Expert SystemsEMYCINKnowledge RepresentationReasoningMYCINBill VanMelleStanford University
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