Successful Expert Systems in Ayurveda:A Comparative Study

Ayurveda is a unique legacy of Indian system of medicine. In ancient times Ayurveda was the only tool to fight against different ailments. Even today there are a number of diseases in which treatment by Ayurveda is a better option. Currently, Medicine is one of the segment where Artificial Intelligence is widely used for diagnosis as well as treatment of various diseases. A few expert systems have also been developed for this purpose. In this paper we have conducted a survey of expert systems created for disease diagnosis and tried to evaluate the strength and weakness of these expert systems.