Knowledge Engineering: Unifying Knowledge Base and Database Design (Artificial Intelligence) - Hardcover

Debenham, John K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540637656 ISBN 13: 9783540637653

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1998

Synopsis

A monograph for specialists interested in building maintainable knowledge based systems, giving a unified methodology for the design of such systems

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This book is a systematic and detailed description of 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.
An additional 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540637656
• ISBN 13: 9783540637653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480