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This systematic and detailed monograph describes a design methodology for knowledge-based systems. Such systems contain knowledge as well as information and data. The information and data can be modeled and implemented as a database. The knowledge can be implemented either in a programming language or in an expert systems shell. The methodology has two special features: It is unified, i.e., it represents the data, information, and knowledge in a homogeneous manner, as well as the relationships between them. Also, it builds a maintenance mechanism into the design. A special benefit of the book is its thorough treatment of constraints for knowledge and for knowledge-based systems. Presenting the material in both a formal and a practical way, it is intended for practitioners as well as researchers and advanced students.
| 1 | Fundamentals | 1 |
| 2 | Non-unified design | 33 |
| 3 | Items | 57 |
| 4 | Objects | 99 |
| 5 | Schemas | 147 |
| 6 | Normalisation | 177 |
| 7 | Specification | 237 |
| 8 | Analysis | 269 |
| 9 | Function | 319 |
| 10 | Layout | 343 |
| 11 | Maintenance | 369 |
| 12 | Case study | 391 |
| References | 449 | |
| Subject index | 457 |
Overview
This systematic and detailed monograph describes a design methodology for knowledge-based systems. Such systems contain knowledge as well as information and data. The information and data can be modeled and implemented as a database. The knowledge can be implemented either in a programming language or in an expert systems shell. The methodology has two special features: It is unified, i.e., it represents the data, information, and knowledge in a homogeneous manner, as well as the relationships between them. Also,...