SpinPro ultracentrifugation expert

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The SpinPro Ultracentrifugation Expert System provides an integrated package of expert advice, information, and calculation functions. 

The reports constitute a complete set of recommendations for the ultracentrifugation problem posed to SpinPro. Thus, SpinPro performs the advisory role of an ultracentrifugation expert interviewing the investigator for the problem description, offering expert advice on the most appropriate centrifugation procedure, and finally, comparing alternative procedures. 

SpinPro includes two other functions that enhance its role as an expert advisor. This is in recognition that an expert provides more than expert advice. An ultracentrifugation expert serves in many roles a teacher of centrifugation principles, a describer of standard procedures, and a source of literature references. 

SpinPro required that the expert critically review the science of ultracentrifugation and his knowledge of it. For example,... 

Updates to SpinPro continue as new rotors and new techniques are developed or as inadequacies are found. New expert systems techniques, such as the ability to incorporate the principles of a problem domain, rather than just the experience of the expert, should give SpinPro the ability to design procedures for novel problems and to explain its reasoning. The updates insure that SpinPro will be a repository of knowledge about the current state of ultracentrifugation SpinPro s expertise should continue to improve. Furthermore, the expert remains gainfully employed as a final arbitrator on the inclusion or exclusion of any new knowledge. 

Its purpose is to allow investigators to fully exploit the capabilities of ultracentrifugation, thereby improving the efficiency of the ultracentrifugation laboratory. It uses AI techniques to provide the ability to advise on the best selection of run parameters that satisfy the investigator s requirements. Our experience with SpinPro has shown that it effectively performs the role of an expert advisor designing efficient ultracentrifugation procedures that can reduce run times and improve the quality of separations. 

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