Validating And Verifying Knowledge Based Systems

Author : Anca Vermesan,Frans Coenen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781475769166

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Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems by Anca Vermesan,Frans Coenen Pdf

Knowledge-based (KB) technology is being applied to complex problem-solving and critical tasks in many application domains. Concerns have naturally arisen as to the dependability of knowledge-based systems (KBS). As with any software, attention to quality and safety must be paid throughout development of a KBS and rigorous verification and validation (V&V) techniques must be employed. Research in V&V of KBS has emerged as a distinct field only in the last decade and is intended to address issues associated with quality and safety aspects of KBS and to credit such applications with the same degree of dependability as conventional applications. In recent years, V&V of KBS has been the topic of annual workshops associated with the main AI conferences, such as AAAI, IJACI and ECAI. Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems contains a collection of papers, dealing with all aspects of KBS V&V, presented at the Fifth European Symposium on Verification and Validation of Knowledge Based Systems and Components (EUROVAV'99 - which was held in Oslo in the summer of 1999, and was sponsored by Det Norske Veritas and the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Expert Systems (SGES).

Author : Uma G. Gupta
Publisher : Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE)
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032561032

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Validating and Verifying Knowledge-based Systems by Uma G. Gupta Pdf

This collection of previously published papers brings together state-of-the-art developments in expert system testing. The volume is separated into five chapters on expert system validation, knowledge base verification, development and evaluation, case studies and tools, and general topics. The pape

Author : Suzanne Smith,Abraham Kandel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781498719353

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Verification and Validation of Rule-Based Expert Systems by Suzanne Smith,Abraham Kandel Pdf

This book presents an innovative approach to verifying and validating rule-based expert systems. It features a complete set of techniques and tools that provide a more formal, objective, and automated means of carrying out verification and validation procedures. Many of the concepts behind these procedures have been adapted from conventional software, while others have required that new techniques or tools be created because of the uniqueness of rule-based expert systems. Verification and Validation of Rule-Based Expert Systems is a valuable reference for electrical engineers, software engineers, artificial intelligence experts, and computer scientists involved with object-oriented development, expert systems, and programming languages.

Author : Terry Bahill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Expert systems (Computer science)
ISBN : UCAL:B2507323

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Verifying and Validating Personal Computer-based Expert Systems by Terry Bahill Pdf

Author : Marc Ayel,Jean-Pierre Laurent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991-11-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015024955059

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Validation, Verification and Test of Knowledge-based Systems by Marc Ayel,Jean-Pierre Laurent Pdf

Validation, Verification and Testing (VVT) are important and difficult to achieve for any software product--Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS) present particular problems, dealing as they do in probabilities, uncertainties and approximations. This collection of papers looks at current research and implementation issues; describes tools, techniques and validation and verification criteria; discusses particular projects; and includes a survey of developers.

Author : Cornelius T. Leondes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080535289

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Knowledge-Based Systems, Four-Volume Set by Cornelius T. Leondes Pdf

The design of knowledge systems is finding myriad applications from corporate databases to general decision support in areas as diverse as engineering, manufacturing and other industrial processes, medicine, business, and economics. In engineering, for example, knowledge bases can be utilized for reliable electric power system operation. In medicine they support complex diagnoses, while in business they inform the process of strategic planning. Programmed securities trading and the defeat of chess champion Kasparov by IBM's Big Blue are two familiar examples of dedicated knowledge bases in combination with an expert system for decision-making. With volumes covering "Implementation," "Optimization," "Computer Techniques," and "Systems and Applications," this comprehensive set constitutes a unique reference source for students, practitioners, and researchers in computer science, engineering, and the broad range of applications areas for knowledge-based systems.

Author : Robert Plant,Grigoris Antoniou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 1577350286

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Verification and Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems by Robert Plant,Grigoris Antoniou Pdf

Author : Grzegorz J. Nalepa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319666556

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Modeling with Rules Using Semantic Knowledge Engineering by Grzegorz J. Nalepa Pdf

This book proposes a consistent methodology for building intelligent systems. It puts forward several formal models for designing and implementing rules-based systems, and presents illustrative case studies of their applications. These include software engineering, business process systems, Semantic Web, and context-aware systems on mobile devices. Rules offer an intuitive yet powerful method for representing human knowledge, and intelligent systems based on rules have many important applications. However, their practical development requires proper techniques and models - a gap that this book effectively addresses.

Author : Leonard Adelman,Sharon L. Riedel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461561712

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Handbook for Evaluating Knowledge-Based Systems by Leonard Adelman,Sharon L. Riedel Pdf

Knowledge-based systems are increasingly found in a wide variety of settings and this handbook has been written to meet a specific need in their widening use. While there have been many successful applications of knowledge-based systems, some applications have failed because they never received the corrective feedback that evaluation provides for keeping development focused on the users' needs in their actual working environment. This handbook provides a conceptual framework and compendium of methods for performing evaluations of knowledge-based systems during their development. Its focus is on the users' and subject matter experts' evaluation of the usefulness of the system, and not on the developers' testing of the adequacy of the programming code. The handbook permits evaluators to systematically answer the following kinds of questions: Does the knowledge-based system meet the users' task requirements? Is the system easy to use? Is the knowledge base logically consistent? Does it meet the required level of expertise? Does the system improve performance? The authors have produced a handbook that will serve two audiences: a tool that can be used to create knowledge-based systems (practitioners, developers, and evaluators) and a framework that will stimulate more research in the area (academic researchers and students). To accomplish this, the handbook is built around a conceptual framework that integrates the different types of evaluations into the system of development process. The kinds of questions that can be answered, and the methods available for answering them, will change throughout the system development life cycle. And throughout this process, one needs to know what can be done, and what can't. It is this dichotomy that addresses needs in both the practitioner and academic research audiences.

Author : John A. Wise,V.David Hopkin,Paul Stager
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662029336

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Verification and Validation of Complex Systems: Human Factors Issues by John A. Wise,V.David Hopkin,Paul Stager Pdf

Despite its increasing importance, the verification and validation of the human-machine interface is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of system development. Although much has been written about the design and developmentprocess, very little organized information is available on how to verifyand validate highly complex and highly coupled dynamic systems. Inability toevaluate such systems adequately may become the limiting factor in our ability to employ systems that our technology and knowledge allow us to design. This volume, based on a NATO Advanced Science Institute held in 1992, is designed to provide guidance for the verification and validation of all highly complex and coupled systems. Air traffic control isused an an example to ensure that the theory is described in terms that will allow its implementation, but the results can be applied to all complex and coupled systems. The volume presents the knowledge and theory ina format that will allow readers from a wide variety of backgrounds to apply it to the systems for which they are responsible. The emphasis is on domains where significant advances have been made in the methods of identifying potential problems and in new testing methods and tools. Also emphasized are techniques to identify the assumptions on which a system is built and to spot their weaknesses.

Author : Rajkumar Roy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781447103516

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Industrial Knowledge Management by Rajkumar Roy Pdf

The book presents state of the art practices and research in the area of Knowledge Capture and Reuse in industry. This book demonstrates some of the successful applications of industrial knowledge management at the micro level. The Micro Knowledge Management (MicroKM) is about capture and reuse of knowledge at the operational, shopfloor and designer level. The readers will benefit from different frameworks, concepts and industrial case studies on knowledge capture and reuse. The book contains a number of invited papers from leading practitioners in the field and a small number of selected papers from active researchers. The book starts by providing the foundation for micro knowledge management through knowledge systematisation, analysing the nature of knowledge and by evaluating verification and validation technology for knowledge based system of frameworks for knowledge capture, reuse and development. A number integration are also provided. Web based framework for knowledge capture and delivery is becoming increasingly popular. Evolutionary computing is also used to automate design knowledge capture. The book demonstrates frameworks and techniques to capture knowledge from people, data and process and reuse the knowledge using an appropriate tool in the business. Therefore, the book bridges the gap between the theory and practice. The 'theory to practice' chapter discusses about virtual communities of practice, Web based approaches, case based reasoning and ontology driven systems for the knowledge management. Just-in-time knowledge delivery and support is becoming a very important tool for real-life applications.

Author : Enn Tõugu,Ėnn Kharalʹdovich Tyugu,Takahira Yamaguchi
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781586036409

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Knowledge-based Software Engineering by Enn Tõugu,Ėnn Kharalʹdovich Tyugu,Takahira Yamaguchi Pdf

"This publication addresses the research in theoretical foundations, practical techniques, software tools, applications and / or practical experiences in knowledge-based software engineering. The book also includes a new field: research in web services and semantic web. This is a rapidly developing research area promising to give excellent practical outcome, and interesting for theoretically minded as well as for practically minded people. The largest part of the papers belongs to a traditional area of applications of artificial intelligence methods to various software engineering problems. Another traditional section is application of intelligent agents in software engineering. A separate section is devoted to interesting applications and special techniques related in one or another way to the topic of the conference."--Publisher's website.

Author : Mohamed Ibrahim,Josef Küng,Norman Revell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540444695

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Database and Expert Systems Applications by Mohamed Ibrahim,Josef Küng,Norman Revell Pdf

The Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA) conferences have established themselves as a platform for bringing together researchers and practitioners from various backgrounds and all regions of the world to exchange ideas, experiences and opinions in a friendly and stimulating environment. The papers presented at the conference represent recent developments in the field and important steps towards shaping the future of applied computer science and information systems. DEXA covers a broad field: all aspects of databases, knowledge based systems, knowledge management, web-based systems, information systems, related technologies and their applications. Once again there were a good number of submissions: out of 183 papers that were submitted, the program committee selected 92 to be presented. In the first year of this new millennium DEXA has come back to the United Kingdom, following events in Vienna, Berlin, Valencia, Prague, Athens, London, Zurich, Toulouse, Vienna and Florence. The past decade has seen several revolutionary developments, one of which was the explosion of Internet-related applications in the areas covered by DEXA, developments in which DEXA has played a role and in which DEXA will continue to play a role in its second decade, starting with this conference.

Author : Angel P. del Pobil,Jose Mira,Ali Moonis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540693482

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Methodology and Tools in Knowledge-Based Systems by Angel P. del Pobil,Jose Mira,Ali Moonis Pdf

This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE-98, held in Benicassim, Castellon, Spain, in June 1998.The two volumes present a total of 187 revised full papers selected from 291 submissions. In accordance with the conference, the books are devoted to new methodologies, knowledge modeling and hybrid techniques. The papers explore applications from virtually all subareas of AI including knowledge-based systems, fuzzyness and uncertainty, formal reasoning, neural information processing, multiagent systems, perception, robotics, natural language processing, machine learning, supervision and control systems, etc..

Author : Allen Kent,James G. Williams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-10-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0824727177

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Encyclopedia of Microcomputers by Allen Kent,James G. Williams Pdf

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