AUTOMATED INTEGRATED EXPERT COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION TO TARGET VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

A RULE AND DATA DRIVEN, AUTOMATED AND INTEGRATED COMPUTER EXPERT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE IS PROPOSED TO GREATLY REDUCE TIME SPENT PERFORMING TARGET VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND TO FACILITATE INEXPERIENCED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT COMPUTER CODE USERS BY APPLYING THE EXPERT SYSTEM EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE BASED PROGRAMS BUILT UPON THE SKILLED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ANALYST EXPERIENCE AND EXECUTING ON LOW COST 32-BIT PROCESSOR BASED PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE. THE PROPOSED PROTOTYPE EXPERT SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE BASE DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED TO BUILDING TARGET VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT APPLICATION FOR DEMONSTRATING THE PROPOSED CONCEPT. THE EXPERT SYSTEM CONCEPT IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER U.S. AIR FORCE APPLICATIONS.