LARGE KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM BENCHMARKS

A BENCHMARK TOOL IS PROPOSED THAT MAKES POSSIBLEMEASUREMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM TOOL'S PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS WHEN APPLIED TO PROBLEMS OF ANY SPECIFIED SIZE AND COMPLEXITY. KEY CAPABILITIES FOR THE PROPOSED TOOL INCLUDE AN ARTIFICIAL KNOWLEDGE BASE GENERATOR, A KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION FORMATTER, AN INPUT GENERATOR, ANDA RUN ENGINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACCRUING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS.THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURE IS HIGHLY EXTENDABLE AND CAN EASILY INCORPORATE MORE ADVANCED HYBRID SYSTEMS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROPOSED BENCHMARK TOOLIS AN APPROPRIATED PRODUCT FOR USE BY ANY ORGANIZATION FACED WITH THEPROBLEM OF SELECTING AN EXPERT SYSTEM TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM.