Exact: a model-based knowledge acquisition tool for selection tasks

Author

van Steenbergen, M.E.

Author_Institution

PTT Res., Leidschendam, Netherlands

fYear

1991

fDate

30 Sep-2 Oct 1991

Firstpage

114

Lastpage

119

Abstract

A discussion is presented of EXACT (expert system acquisition tool), a model-based knowledge acquisition tool. EXACT supports knowledge engineers in structuring and maintaining the domain knowledge needed to execute a particular selection task. The following principles have guided the development of EXACT: knowledge acquisition tools are useful for knowledge engineers rather than domain experts; the dialogue between such a tool and the user should be one of mixed initiative; the output of the tool should be an implementation-independent knowledge document; it should be easy to add more functionality to the tool gradually. In order to be able to develop EXACT, a model of the selection task has been made. EXACT has been implemented in the object-oriented language Smalltalk/V

Keywords

Smalltalk; knowledge acquisition; knowledge based systems; object-oriented programming; EXACT; Smalltalk/V; dialogue; expert system acquisition tool; knowledge based systems; model-based knowledge acquisition; object-oriented language; selection task; Design engineering; Expert systems; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge engineering; Maintenance engineering; Object oriented modeling; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developing and Managing Expert System Programs, 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2250-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DMESP.1991.171719

Filename

171719