Eric Mays
Abstract
The K-Rep system was built to explore the utility of a KL-One style knowledge representation in the development of expert systems. Beginning in about 1985, our activity in expert systems has been centered on the FAME (FinAncial Marketing Expertise) system[4]. FAME attempts to provide support to an IBM marketing representative in the financing decisions involved in the acquisition of large mainframe computer systems. Based on our experience in building a feasibility demonstration of FAME using a rule based approach, we concluded that the rule based technology would not easily scale up. Thus we abandoned the rule based approach in favor of organizing the system as a set of problem solvers around a common conceptual core. Since diverse problem solvers would be utilized in FAME, it was thought desireable that the conceptual core have a well-defined, enforceable semantics. These considerations led us to the KL-One[3] style knowledge representation.
- C. Apté, R. Dionne, J. Griesmer, M. Karnaugh, J. Kastner, M. Laker, E. Mays, "An Experiment in Constructing an Open Expert System using a Knowledge Substrate", to appear IBM Journal of Research and Development. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- A. Borgida, R. J. Brachman, D. L. McGuinness, L. A. Resnick, "CLASSIC: A Structured Data Model for Objects", ACM SIGMOD Conference, June 1989. Google ScholarDigital Library
- R. J. Brachman and J. G. Schmolze, "An Overview of the KL-One Knowledge Representation System", Cognitive Science 9, 1985, pp. 171--216.Google ScholarCross Ref
- J. Kastner et al., "A Knowledge Based Consultant for Financial Marketing", AI Magazine, Winter 1986, pp. 71--79. Google ScholarDigital Library
- E. Mays, C. Apté, J. Griesmer, J. Kastner, "Organizing Knowledge in a Complex Financial Domain", IEEE Expert 2, Fall 1987, pp. 61--70.Google ScholarCross Ref
- E. Mays, S. Lanka, B. Dionne, R. Weida, "A Persistent Store for Large Shared Knowledge Bases", IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering 3, 1, March 1991. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- K-Rep system overview
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