KADS

by Schreiber; Wielinga; Breuker

• ISBN13: 9780126290400
• ISBN10: 0126290407
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-05-05
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

KADS is a structured methodology for the development of knowledge based systems which has been adopted throughout the world by academic and industrial professionals alike. KADS approaches development as a modeling activity. Two key characteristics of KADS are the use of multiple models to cope with the complexity of knowledge engineering and the use of knowledge-level descriptions as an immediate model between system design and expertise data. The result is that KADS enables effective KBS construction by building a computational model of desired behavior for a particular problem domain. KADS contains three section: the Theoretical Basis of KADS, Languages and Tools, and Applications. Together they form a comprehensive sourcebook of the how and why of the KADS methodology. KADS will be required reading for all academic and industrial professionals concerned with building knowledge-based systems. It will also be a valuable source for students of knowledge acquisition and KBS.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview

Theoretical Basis

Modeling Expertise

Modleing System: User Cooperation in KADS

A KADS Domain Description Language

Model Construction

Operationalizing Models of Expertise

KADS and Conventional Software Engineering

Languages and Tools

A Formal Language for KADS Models of Expertise

MODEL-K: Making KADS Run

Using OMOS to Represent KADS Conceptual Models

Shelley-Computer Aided Knowledge Engineering

Applications

The Paint Advisor: A Communicative Expert System

Managing and Maintaining an Operational KADS System

Rational Reconstruction of Diagnostic Expertise

Qualitative Prediction of Behavior

A KADS Conceptual Model of the ONOCIN Task

Applying KADS to the Sisyphus Domain

Using KADS to Analyze Problem-Solving Methods

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

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