ACtE09 · Chapter 9AI & Neural Networks🏛️ Past Licensure QuestionID: 1bde665e
Expert systems were first developed at:
Expert systems were first developed at:
Multiple Choice Options
- A
MIT
- B
Harvard University
- C✓ Correct Option
Stanford University
- D
Oxford University
Detailed Technical Solution & Explanation
The foundational early expert systems—DENDRAL (Feigenbaum, Lederberg, Buchanan in 1965) and MYCIN (Shortliffe in 1976)—were developed at Stanford University, establishing the Knowledge Is Power hypothesis.
Option Analysis:
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Option A (MIT): Famous for Lisp, robotics, and early symbolic AI (Minsky, McCarthy).
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Option B (Harvard University): Significant in logic, but not the birthplace of early expert systems.
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Option C (Stanford University): Correct. Edward Feigenbaum and colleagues at Stanford pioneered DENDRAL and MYCIN.
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Option D (Oxford University): Historic academic institution, not birthplace of expert systems.
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