TO 3 :
- ASSEMBLE KBS DEMONSTRATOR ;
- RECORD CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND RESULTS ;
- RECORD NEW DOMAIN CHARACTERISTICS .
YEAR 3 :
- MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE TARGET APPLICATIONS .
YEARS 2 TO 4 :
- CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS ON DEMONSTRATORS TO DETERMINE ACCEPTABILITY AND IMPACT ON " CLIENT " PRODUCTIVITY ;
- REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY AND RECOMMEND NEW TOOLS AND METHODS .
YEAR 4 :
- PUBLISH PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE RECOMMENDATIONS , AND GUIDELINES FOR KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERS ;
- PROPOSE NEW METRICATION METHODS , ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH ARE MORE AUTOMATED .
3.1.2 . DIALOGUE AND NATURAL LANGUAGE
DESCRIPTION
A MAJOR WORK PROGRAMME IS REQUIRED ON THE TOOLS AND METHODS FOR DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES WHICH ARE NATURAL TO THE DOMAINS IN WHICH KBS APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE COMPETENT . INCLUDED IN THIS IS THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND CONTEXT TO THE CONDUCT AND UNDERSTANDING OF TWO-WAY DIALOGUE , AND OF " INTELLIGENCE " TO THE INTERCHANGE OF DIALOGUE INITIATIVE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND CLIENT USERS .
THE DIALOGUE ITSELF SHOULD ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR BY OFFERING COOPERATION , UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR AND PREFERENCE AND PARAPHRASE ( ALL OF WHICH ARE KNOWLEDGE BASED ) ; IT SHOULD ALSO ALLOW CLIENTS TO INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM AT VARIOUS META-LEVELS WHILST KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE CONTEXT WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO BY SYSTEM OR CLIENT , FOLLOWING ERROR OR CONFUSION . EXPLANATION OF KBS BEHAVIOUR IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH SYSTEMS ; THIS CAN BE ENHANCED BY INTERWORKING OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE USER WITH THAT OF THE APPLICATION .
DIALOGUE IS MORE GENERAL THAN CHARACTER STRING COMMUNICATION ; IT EXTENDS TO USE OF HIGH BANDWIDTH GRAPHICS , EXPLANATORY PICTURES AND FILMS , AND TO THE USE OF AUDIO SUPPORT .
PROGRAMME AND INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES
YEAR 1 :
- STUDY OF REQUIRED LANGUAGE STYLES AND CAPABILITIES ;
- SPECIFY FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLOITATION OF HIGH BANDWIDTH MMI .
YEARS 1 AND 2 :
- UNDERSTAND DIALOGUE REQUIREMENTS CLASSIFIED BY DOMAIN OF APPLICATION .
YEARS 2 TO 4 :
- CREATE GENERATORS AND PARSERS FOR A VARIETY OF DIALOGUE LANGUAGES .
YEARS 3 AND 4 :
- SPECIFY KNOWLEDGE-BASED LANGUAGE PROCESSING TOOLS .
YEARS 4 TO 7 :
- IMPLEMENT KNOWLEDGE-BASED LANGUAGE PROCESSING/DIALOGUE TOOLS FOR INTEGRATION INTO KBS APPLICATIONS .
3.1.3 . KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE TECHNIQUES
DESCRIPTION
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION IS A KEY FACTOR ANALOGOUS TO DATA MODELLING IN CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING . BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEXITY , IT REQUIRES ENGINEERING , MODELLING AND TRANSFORMATION TOOLS OF HIGH SOPHISTICATION . IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT ANY ONE LANGUAGE WILL MERGE - RATHER THAT THERE WILL BE A WIDE RANGE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNIQUES , WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION , PARADIGMS EMPLOYED , AND TO INFERENCE/PROCESSING MODELS USED . A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT IS NEEDED TO DIFFERENTIATE , CLASSIFY , AND EXTEND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS FOR THESE REQUIREMENTS . IT IS EXPECTED THAT MORE SOPHISTICATED APPLICATIONS WILL NEED TO WORK WITH