KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES.

Abstract

The system analysis required in the development of expert systems is called knowledge engineering. Presented are the concepts of knowledge support systems as interactive knowledge engineering tools, the design criteria for such systems, and the outlines, structure and key components of KSS1 and its KITTEN implementation. KSS1 includes tools for interactive repertory grid elicitation and entailment analysis that are widely used for rapid prototyping of industrial expert systems. Also included are tools for text analysis, behavioral analysis and schema analysis, that offer complementary and alternative approaches to knowledge acquisition.