Uncertainty management issues in the development of an acoustic signal interpretation expert system

The implementation issues surrounding uncertainty management are examined in order to aid in the design and development of an acoustic signal interpretation expert system. A brief introduction and overview of the current schemes available for representation of uncertainty in knowledge-based systems are presented. The results of a survey of current efforts in acoustic signal interpretation, with special attention directed toward the methods of uncertainty handling, are also presented. Issues relevant to the selection of uncertainty management schemes and assessing the impact on expert system design and development are discussed