MOBY: a semi-custom make or buy decision advisor

Author

Wu, Bevan ; Stillman, Richard

Author_Institution

IBM Manuf. Res., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

25-27 May 1988

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

93

Abstract

The authors discuss elements of the make-or-buy decision process and present a description of an expert system called MOBY which is a generic customizable make-or-buy decision advisor. MOBY was developed using the expert system environment/VM shell. The purpose of MOBY is to provide a framework for the make-or-buy decision and to allow a site developer to customize MOBY´s generic knowledge base for a given location. This customizing is necessary because each make or buy decision is site- and product-specific. The customization is done by the addition and/or modification of focus control blocks, rules, and site-specific database.<>

Keywords

decision support systems; expert systems; MOBY; expert system; expert system environment/VM shell; focus control blocks; generic knowledge base; make-or-buy decision process; product-specific; rules; semi-custom make or buy decision advisor; site-specific; site-specific database; Artificial intelligence; Environmental economics; Expert systems; Flexible structures; Manufacturing processes; Milling machines; Pulp manufacturing; Radio access networks; Testing; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Applications, 1988. IEEE AI '88., Proceedings of the International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Hitachi City, Japan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIIA.1988.13275

Filename

13275