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Dendral founds the expert-system route
Dendral
- Date
- 1965
- Category
- Research breakthrough
- Organization / Model
- Stanford University
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
Stanford's Dendral inferred organic molecular structures from rules and mass-spectrum data, and counts as the first expert system. It fixed the knowledge-base-plus-inference-engine architecture that MYCIN and later systems inherited.
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AI 纪年. (1965). Dendral 启动，专家系统路线成形 [Web page]. https://aihist.net/e/dendral-1965.html
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AI 纪年. "Dendral 启动，专家系统路线成形." Published 1965. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/dendral-1965.html.
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AI 纪年. 1965. Dendral 启动，专家系统路线成形. Retrieved November 3, 2026 from https://aihist.net/e/dendral-1965.html.
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