METHODS PURPOSES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR EXPERT SYSTEMS

THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF RESEARCH ON THE KNOWLEDGE-ACQUISITION PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERT SYSTEMS. THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE WILL BE PURSUED IN TERMS OF THREE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: (I) TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE KNOWLEDGEACQUISITION PROCESS, RELATING KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES TO USER'S REQUIREMENTS AND METHODS OF KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION. (II) TO COMPARE EXPERIMENTALLY DIFFERENT METHODS OF KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION FOR DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND DIFFERENT PURPOSES. (III) TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR KNOWLEDGE-ACQUISITION STRATEGIES, SO THAT WITH A GIVEN PROBLEM AND A GIVEN PURPOSE, THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD WOULD BE PRESCRIBED.