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Title:	Systems integration in pharmaceutical industry using object-oriented expert system technology
Author:	Reddy, Korrapolu
View Online:	njit-etd1993-138 (viii, 220 pages ~ 4.2 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Computer and Information Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Computer and Information Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Wang, David T. (Committee co-chair) Chao, Daniel Y. (Committee co-chair) Hung, Daochuan (Committee member)
Date:	1993-01
Keywords:	Expert systems (Computer science) -- Industrial applications Pharmaceutical industry -- Technological innovations Object-oriented programming (Computer science) -- Industrial applications
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	SPHINX is an object-oriented expert system addressed to solve the burning problems of pharmaceutical industry. SPHINX stands for Systems integration in PHarmaceutical INdustry using object-oriented eXpert system technology. Various problems that American pharmaceutical industries are facing have been explained. Using the revolutionary object-oriented concepts and the powerful expert systems technology, it has been shown how a prescription can be written to solve all the problems of pharmaceutical industries. A problem "Minimizing the wastage of Interferon" has been taken to demonstrate the power of Object-oriented Expert System technology.