AND EXPLANATION TO HETEROGENEOUS TYPES OF USERS ;
( E ) A CONTROL STRUCTURE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HELPING PROCESS .
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT HELP SYSTEM REQUIRES EXTENSIVE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE NAIVE CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS HELD BY MANY USERS , ON THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF THE USERS OF ISP'S , ON THE ACQUIRABILITY OF SUCH A NEW PARADIGMS , ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS COACHING STRATEGIES AND EXPLANATION PROCEDURES . IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE UNDERLYING KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION FORMALISMS .
CANDIDATE RESEARCH THEMES FOR SUPPORTING B-TYPE PROJECTS IN AREA 3.3.1 INCLUDE :
- SECURITY AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES IN GROUP USAGE OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE BASES
- BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE STUDIES .
3.3.2 . DATA AND KNOWLEDGE BASES
EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS OF CONVENTIONAL DATABASES ARE DEALT WITH UNDER SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ( 2.1.2 ) ; IT IS EXPECTED THAT WORK IN THIS SECTION OF AIP WILL INCORPORATE NEW APPROACHES FROM OTHER DIRECTIONS .
. KNOWLEDGE BASES FOR AIP ( TYPE A )
STUDIES ARE PROPOSED TO ESTABLISH THE INTERFACES , FORMALISMS , LANGUAGES , HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION , DISTRIBUTION , FUNCTIONAL PARTITIONING AND HIERARCHIC STRUCTURING OF KB , INCLUDING FORMULATION OF INFERENCE AND DATA QUERY ACCESS AT LEVELS RANGING FROM HUMANVISIBLE TO THOSE INTERNAL TO THE NEW GENERATION OF SYSTEMS . THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK IS TO INVESTIGATE COMMONALITIES AND SPECIFICS IN THE ARCHITECTURAL MODELS OF DATABASE AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS .
MILESTONES
YEAR 1986/87 :
- DEVELOP KB SPECIFICATIONS AND MODEL ON A COMPUTER
- DEFINE SYSTEM STANDARDS AND STRUCTURE AND SUPPORTING SPECIALISED HARDWARE .
YEAR 1987/88 :
- PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATION .
.1 . " ADVANCED DATA AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS " ( REF . 311 : A/84 )
THE PROJECT ESTABLISHES A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE METHODOLOGIES DEVELOPED FOR DATA BASE ( DB ) MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION AND THE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED IN THE ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE ( AI ) COMMUNITY FOR REPRESENTING AND USING KNOWLEDGE BASES ( KBS ) . THE PROJECT AIMS AT THE DEFINITION OF AN ADVANCED SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS AN INTELLIGENT AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION STORED IN IT . THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE ADDRESSED :
1 . DEFINITION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE STORAGE ORGANISATION FOR EFFECTIVE DEDUCTION AND RETRIEVAL OF FACTS FROM A SPECIFIC DOMAIN USING POSSIBLY INCOMPLETE AND INEXACT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DOMAIN ( AND RELATED META-KNOWLEDGE ) .
2 . DEFINITION OF OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES AT THE DOMAIN INDEPENDENT LEVEL AS WELL AS AT THE DOMAIN DEPENDENT LEVEL FOR EFFICIENT ACCESS .
3 . VERIFY COMPLETENESS , ADEQUACY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS , CONSTRUCTION OF A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERPRETER .
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO LOGIC PROGRAMMING , WITH THE GOAL OF COMPARING THE TWO APPROACHES AND , EVENTUALLY , OF FINDING OUT CRITERIA IN FAVOUR OF THE ADOPTION OF ONE OF THEM , IN ORDER TO START THE DESIGN OF A SYSTEM EMBODYING THE SELECTED APPROACH .
.2 .