OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE . THE RESULT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE A DEMONSTRATOR SYSTEM . IN THE SHORT TERM EXPERT ASSISTANCE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON TWO SEPARATE , WELLDEFINED AND IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE EMG PROBLEM ; IN THE LONGER TERM A MORE AMBITIOUS SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE MORE COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE PHYSICIAN .
PROPOSALS FOR A-TYPE PROJECTS UNDER 3.1.7 ARE INVITED . ALSO , PROPOSALS FOR B-TYPE SUPPORTING PROJECTS ARE INVITED . CANDIDATE RESEARCH THEMES INCLUDE :
- APPLICATION OF EXISTING AND DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TO KBS
- REPRESENTATION AND USE OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC REAL-WORLD KNOWLEDGE
- COMPLEXITY METRICS FOR KBS
- MEASURES OF COMPLETENESS , CONSISTENCY
- APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL MEASUREMENT THEORY
- WHOLE LIFE-CYCLE OF KBS ; HUMAN ACCEPTABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY ASPECTS FOR BOTH DEVELOPERS AND CLIENTS AS WELL AS TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE ISSUES .
NOTE THAT PROPOSALS RELATED TO THIS AREA ARE INVITED IN AREAS , , 2.2.4 , 5.4.3 AND 5.4.4 .
3.1.8 . ADVANCED GENERATION KBS APPLICATIONS ( TYPE A )
THIS PROJECT WILL COVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED EXPERT AND KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS INCORPORATING LEARNING , APPROXIMATE AND META REASONING WITH COMMON SENSE CAPABILITIES . KBS APPLICATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE EXPLOITED BY NON-SPECIALISTS WHO WILL EXPECT FROM THESE SYSTEMS NOT ONLY FORMAL AND APPROXIMATE REASONING PROCESSES , BUT ALSO COMMON SENSE REASONING PROCESSES SIMILAR IN EFFECT TO THOSE OF HUMANS .
MANY APPLICATIONS WHERE REASONING IS NEEDED INVOLVE SOME KIND OF APPROXIMATE REASONING . FOR INSTANCE , APPLICATIONS OF MODELLING WHERE QUALITATIVE HEURISTICS CHARACTERISE MOST LEARNED HUMAN EXPERIENCE .
THE ADVANCED GENERATION OF KBS APPLICATIONS WILL BE EXPECTED TO EXPLOIT THE LESSONS OF FIRST GENERATION ATTEMPTS ( 3.1.7 ) , THE FRUITS OF KRS AND INFERENCE RESEARCH ( 3.1.1 ) , THE TOOLS OF KNOWLEDGE MANIPULATION ( 3.1.3 ) , THE LATEST LANGUAGES AND ENGINES ( 3.1.5/3.1.6 ) , THE FRUITS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING RESEARCH ( 3.1.4 ) , AND THE FRUITS OF THE EXTERNAL INTERFACES PROGRAMME ( 3.2 ) FOR HANDLING SPEECH AND IMAGES . THEREFORE NO PROJECT IN THIS AREA IS INTENDED TO START BEFORE 1989 .
R AND D AREA 3.2 : EXTERNAL INTERFACES
DESCRIPTION
THIS AREA IS CONCERNED WITH HOW THE COMPUTING SYSTEM COMMUNICATES WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT , WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE USE OF SPEECH OR VISUAL SIGNALS . THUS THE WORK IN THIS AREA DEALS WITH RECOGNITION , INTERPRETATION AND SYNTHESIS OF SIGNALS .
TWO TYPES OF EXTERNAL INTERFACE OCCUR . THOSE THAT EXTRACT THEIR INFORMATION BY DIRECT NATURAL COMMUNICATION , AND THOSE THAT ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF THEIR SENSORS . IN EITHER CASE THE SYSTEM WILL NEED TO PROCESS THE SIGNALS TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THEIR SIGNIFICANCE . ASPECTS CONCERNED WITH HUMAN FACTORS , E . G . USER-FRIENDLINESS , ARE COVERED BY AREA 4 - OFFICE SYSTEMS .
R AND D TOPICS
WORK IN THIS AREA FALLS UNDER THREE MAIN HEADINGS :
3.2.1 . IMAGE PROCESSING
- TWO-DIMENSIONAL PICTURE PROCESSING
- DEPTH AND