1965 CE
DENDRAL and expert knowledge
Artificial intelligence · Expert systems
A Stanford team including Edward Feigenbaum, Joshua Lederberg and Carl Djerassi began DENDRAL to infer chemical structures. It demonstrated the value of combining search with specialist knowledge and opened an important path for expert systems.
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- 2026-09-20
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- 2026-09-23
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