IS 3003 Assignment 4 Assignments must be submitted through the assignment dropbox on Blackboard I will not accept assignments through e-mail You can type your answers directly into the Submission Box or you can attach them in a Word Document they must be in Word in order to insure that I can open and read your file Make sure you answer ALL of the questions and be sure to note that sometimes there are multiple parts to a question Your answers do not need to be lengthy, but usually several sentences are required to adequately answer the questions Make sure you have actually answered what the question is asking Do NOT just cut and paste the information from the web site make sure you answer in your own words! Do NOT wait until the last minute to access the web site in case there are any technical problems accessing it I will NOT extend the deadline because you cannot access it at the last minute. You may need to access the web site from a campus computer. This assignment will allow you to try out a very easy sample Expert System. Start by going to: http://exsys.com/index.html Question 1: Under the Products tab, click on EXSYS Product FAQs. Read What is Knowledge Automation? and write several lines about what you found out. Question 2: Scroll down and read Why is it important to implement knowledge automation systems in todays business climate? and briefly summarize what you learned. Question 3: Scroll down and read What types of problems does Exsys Corvid knowledge automation systems help solve?(a) Briefly explain the types of problems that can be solved note: I am not looking for one of the common areas listed. (b) What are the easiest systems to build? Question 4: Scroll down and read What types of industries use EXSYS knowledge automation expert systems? and list 6 industries that use EXSYS knowledge automation expert systems. Question 5: Scroll back up to the top of the page and under the Sample Systems tab, click on Sample Systems to Run. Run one of the Demos. Tell me which Demo you chose and write a brief discussion of a) how easy the program was to use; b)what you thought of it; c) what could be problems with using it/how could it be improved; d) provide me with a copy of the page showing the results produced by the expert system by cutting and pasting the results into a Word document (or by doing a Print Screen and pasting it into a Word Document) and submitting it with your answers. You will lose points if you do not submit the results!

IS 3003 Assignment 4 Assignments must be submitted through the assignment dropbox on Blackboard I will not accept assignments through e-mail You can type your answers directly into the Submission Box or you can attach them in a Word Document they must be in Word in order to insure that I can open and read your file Make sure you answer ALL of the questions and be sure to note that sometimes there are multiple parts to a question Your answers do not need to be lengthy, but usually several sentences are required to adequately answer the questions Make sure you have actually answered what the question is asking Do NOT just cut and paste the information from the web site make sure you answer in your own words! Do NOT wait until the last minute to access the web site in case there are any technical problems accessing it I will NOT extend the deadline because you cannot access it at the last minute. You may need to access the web site from a campus computer. This assignment will allow you to try out a very easy sample Expert System. Start by going to: http://exsys.com/index.html Question 1: Under the Products tab, click on EXSYS Product FAQs. Read What is Knowledge Automation? and write several lines about what you found out. Question 2: Scroll down and read Why is it important to implement knowledge automation systems in todays business climate? and briefly summarize what you learned. Question 3: Scroll down and read What types of problems does Exsys Corvid knowledge automation systems help solve?(a) Briefly explain the types of problems that can be solved note: I am not looking for one of the common areas listed. (b) What are the easiest systems to build? Question 4: Scroll down and read What types of industries use EXSYS knowledge automation expert systems? and list 6 industries that use EXSYS knowledge automation expert systems. Question 5: Scroll back up to the top of the page and under the Sample Systems tab, click on Sample Systems to Run. Run one of the Demos. Tell me which Demo you chose and write a brief discussion of a) how easy the program was to use; b)what you thought of it; c) what could be problems with using it/how could it be improved; d) provide me with a copy of the page showing the results produced by the expert system by cutting and pasting the results into a Word document (or by doing a Print Screen and pasting it into a Word Document) and submitting it with your answers. You will lose points if you do not submit the results!