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Expert Systems and Creativity

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In this paper we evaluate the requirements for an expert system designed to exhibit creativity. First we consider what it means to be an expert and what “expert system” means in an artificial intelligence context. Then we shift focus from “ordinary” intelligence to “creative” intelligence by examining the concept of creative behavior, followed by a discussion of the implications for the design of an expert system exhibiting creativity across various domains. In the final section of the paper we present a design overview of such a system.

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  1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Kenneth R. MacCrimmon & Christian Wagner

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  1. Department of Public Administration, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, 12222, Albany, NY, USA

    Jeryl L. Mumpower (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Clark University, Worcester, MA, 01610, USA

    Ortwin Renn (Associate Professor of Environment Technology, and Society) (Associate Professor of Environment Technology, and Society)

  3. Decision Analysis Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., WC2A 2AE, UK

    Lawrence D. Phillips (Director) (Director)

  4. Mathematics and Statistics, Research Department, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA

    V. R. R. Uppuluri (Director) (Director)

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MacCrimmon, K.R., Wagner, C. (1987). Expert Systems and Creativity. In: Mumpower, J.L., Renn, O., Phillips, L.D., Uppuluri, V.R.R. (eds) Expert Judgment and Expert Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86679-1_10

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