A knowledge acquisition and representation scheme for constraint based and parallel systems

Author

Gammack, John G. ; Battle, Steven A. ; Stephens, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Transputer Centre, Bristol Polytech., UK

fYear

1989

fDate

14-17 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1030

Abstract

A knowledge acquisition and representation scheme is introduced which is suited both to serial processing in production systems and to a constraint-based representation evaluated in parallel. Two applications are described: a rule-based system for financial risk assessment in life insurance underwriting, and a decision-support aid for energy management in a steel plant. These have been programmed both in conventional serial languages and in Occam on a transputer

Keywords

insurance; knowledge acquisition; knowledge representation; parallel processing; steel industry; Occam; decision-support aid; energy management; financial risk assessment; knowledge acquisition; knowledge representation; life insurance underwriting; parallel systems; production systems; rule-based system; serial processing; steel plant; transputer; Energy management; Insurance; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Production systems; Remuneration; Risk management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1989. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1989.71452

Filename

71452