A Stanford rule-based expert system for medical diagnosis.
MYCIN was like a doctor with a giant checklist. No small talk, just infection advice.
It turned expert rules into diagnosis tips. Doctors used it for infection drug advice.
Expert System
MYCIN is the classic medical case of an Expert System.
Production
MYCIN used rules to move from symptoms to a diagnosis.
Symbolic AI
MYCIN followed the Symbolic AI path of rule-based reasoning.
DENDRAL
DENDRAL first showed expert knowledge could be written as rules.