SOFTWARE/PROBLEM CORRELATOR

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM THAT FUNCTIONS AS AN AUTOMATED PROBLEM SOLVING ADVISOR. THIS EXPERT SYSTEM WILL QUERY THE USER TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. WHEN NECESSARY, THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL PARTITION THE PROBLEM INTO SUB-PROBLEMS. IT WILL ADVISE THE USER ABOUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION APPROACHES AND ALSO AID IN THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT THESE SOLUTIONS. THE PROBLEM SOLVING ADVISOR WILL CONTAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A NUMBER OF SOLUTION APPROACHES INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HIGH-ORDER LANGUAGES AND PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGIES, DATABASE SYSTEMS, ALGORITHMS, AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH TECHNIQUES. IN ADDITION, THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF JUSTIFYING ITS SELECTIONS.