Introduction to Expert Systems [6]

When a car won't start my initial suspicion is that the battery is dead, the starter has failed or some other electrical problem exists. Your input that the starter operates makes it more likely that no fuel is getting to the engine. Although you are not sure that the gas tank is empty, the fact that you don't smell gas when the engine turns over supports my conclusion that you are out of gas.
You solved your automotive problem by consulting with an expert. Let's take a look at the definition of expertise relevant to expert systems and the attributes of an effective consultant a computer will have to emulate to substitute for a human advisor...

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