An Application of Expert System for Diagnosis Tuberculosis Diseases

Expert system, a computer based system, is a complex program duplicating an expert in his/her area. Many expert systems have been implemented to assist or remove the expert rules in addressing many problems they facing. An application of expert system in medical science is to diagnose many diseases, including tuberculosis (TBC) which is the most killer. This research emphases for developing an expert system to diagnose tuberculosis diseases for adults. The knowledge base of the system based on facts and rules acquired from experts (internists and pulmonologists). Meanwhile, an inference mechanism implements the Depth First Search Method and the Forward Reasoning. The result of the research is an expert system which is able to assist or remove the rules of experts in tuberculosis disease diagnoses for adults.