Milestone · curated entry
XCON configures DEC systems and expert systems go commercial
R1: A Rule-Based Configurer of Computer Systems
- Date
- 1980
- Category
- Milestone
- Organization / Model
- Carnegie Mellon University / DEC
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
Built at Carnegie Mellon for DEC, XCON (originally R1) configured VAX systems from customer orders, wiring thousands of rules into a live production process. It showed expert systems could deliver measurable commercial value and drove the industry's expansion through the 1980s.
Curator's note: Cross-checked against the journal paper DOI; the system went into production at DEC in 1980, with method and evaluation described in the 1982 paper.
Curated sources · 1
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Original paper · Artificial Intelligence1982-09
R1: A Rule-Based Configurer of Computer Systems
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AI 纪年. "DEC 部署 XCON 配置专家系统，专家系统进入大规模商用." Published 1980. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/xcon-1980.html.
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