An expert system is an interactive computer program that uses knowledge acquired from experts to solve complex problems in a specific domain. It consists of an inference engine that applies rules and logic to the facts contained within a knowledge base in order to provide recommendations or advice to users. The first expert system was called DENDRAL and was developed in the 1970s at Stanford University to identify unknown organic molecules. Expert systems are used in applications like diagnosis, financial planning, configuration, and more to perform tasks previously requiring human expertise. They have benefits like increased productivity and quality, reduced costs and errors, and the ability to capture scarce human knowledge. However, they also have limitations such as difficulty acquiring and representing human expertise and an inability to operate outside their