Comparison of Expert System Building Tools: A Case Study of OPM and OpenRules Dialog

Abstract

For designing an expert medicinal prescription system, rule base generation is required for storing the knowledge and implementing it for appropriate decision making. Such a rule base system can prove to be of significant help as ready reckoner to the medical practitioners� community to make the correct diagnosis. There are several tools available for building Rule Base knowledge system. In this paper, medical prescription system is designed by using two expert system building tools. The selection of the tools and their comparison is made by using certain criteria, so that it will facilitate the choice of the appropriate system.