Title :
SMART II: knowledge requirements for expert systems
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The Switching Maintenance Analysis and Repair Tool (SMART) is a concept prototype expert system for discovering requirements for automation to assist in maintenance of the 1 AESS switch. Field testing of the initial version, which was consultation-based, resulted in a proposal to redesign SMART as an online monitor system. The author´s experience in transforming the working knowledge base for a real-time monitor is outlined. It is presented as a case study in applying a three-step design method for identification of problem-domain knowledge requirements within an existing expert system. These steps are: knowledge-level representation, symbol-level representation, symbol-level representation, and knowledge acquisition. The case study emphasizes the need for precise documentation of knowledge requirements at the appropriate phases of expert system development
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; electronic switching systems; expert systems; maintenance engineering; telecommunications computing; 1 AESS switch; SMART II; Switching Maintenance Analysis and Repair Tool; expert systems; knowledge acquisition; knowledge-level representation; online monitor system; problem-domain knowledge requirements; real-time monitor; symbol-level representation; Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society; Automation; Design methodology; Expert systems; Knowledge acquisition; Monitoring; Proposals; Prototypes; Switches; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1988.13623
